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Paracleistostoma
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Paracleistostoma

Paracleistostoma is a genus of crabs in the family Camptandriidae. It used to be a member of Ocypodidae, but the genus has since been reclassified. They are found in Singapore, the west coast of the Malay Peninsula and the Hainan and Fujian provinces in of China. They are found in seawater and the mud area in brink water.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Red Silt Crab

speciesParacleistostoma depressum

Ward's Hairy-legged Crab

speciesParacleistostoma wardi

Paracleistostoma crassipilum

speciesParacleistostoma crassipilum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 703319.