Purple Marsh Crab

Sesarma reticulatum

Summary 2

Sesarma reticulatum, the purple marsh crab or simply marsh crab, is a crab species native to the salt marshes of the eastern United States.

Distribution 3

Woods Hole Region, Mass., to Volusia County, E Florida; Sarasota, W Florida, to Calhoun County, Tex.

Link to Access Genomic Data 4

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=39558&lvl=0

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) matbio, all rights reserved
  2. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesarma_reticulatum
  3. Adapted by matbio from a work by (c) WoRMS for SMEBD, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/28471283
  4. (c) Emily Rose Sharkey, all rights reserved

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