Geosesarma dennerle

Geosesarma dennerle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Sesarmidae
Genus:	Geosesarma
Species:	G. dennerle
Binomial name
Geosesarma dennerle Ng, Schubart & Lukhaup, 2015[1]

Geosesarma dennerle is a species of small land-living crabs found on Java, Indonesia.^[1]

It is popular in the aquarium trade,^[1] where G. dennerle, in particular, is often simply called "Vampire Crab". Crabs called "Geosesarma bicolor Krakatau Vampirkrabbe" are probably also G. dennerle.^[1] All species of Geosesarma crabs are often called "vampire crabs" in the aquarium trade.

Geosesarma dennerle is, notably, seemingly more carnivorous than other species of Geosesarma, rarely feeding on plant material or decaying plant material^[2]

The species is named after the aquarium supply company Dennerle, which supported one of the describing authors' (Christian Lukhaup) study in Java.^[1]

The coloration of G. dennerle can be very similar to . The describing paper mentions chelipeds, male abdominal and G1 structures as distinguishing features.^[1]

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• Media related to Geosesarma dennerle at Wikimedia Commons
• New species of “vampire crabs” (Geosesarma De Man, 1892) from central Java, Indonesia, and the identity of Sesarma (Geosesarma) nodulifera De Man, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Thoracotremata, Sesarmidae)
• Data related to Geosesarma dennerle at Wikispecies

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