AfReMaS taxon details
Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851)
246198 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246198)
accepted
Species
Holometopus obesus (Dana, 1851) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Metasesarma rousseauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sesarma rousseauxi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246198 on 2025-06-02
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246198 on 2025-06-02
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(of Metasesarma rousseauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of ) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
original description (of ) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sesarma rousseauxi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Metasesarma rousseauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metasesarma obesum)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sesarma rousseauxi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Metasesarma rousseauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metasesarma obesum)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
