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Geosesarma malayanum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Sesarmidae
Genus:	Geosesarma
Species:	G. malayanum
Binomial name
Geosesarma malayanum Ng & Lim, 1986

Geosesarma malayanum is a species of small red crab found in Malaysia. It is famous for its relationship with pitcher plants; as such, it is classified as a nepenthephile. G. malayanum is known to visit Nepenthes ampullaria plants and raid the pitchers of their contents. It uses its claws to crush and consume the drowned prey. However, the crabs are reportedly trapped by pitchers in Brunei occasionally.

References

1. ^ Charles Clarke (1997). Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 51–52. ISBN 983-812-015-4.
2. Peter K. L. Ng & R. P. Lim (1987). "The taxonomy and biology of the nepenthiphilous freshwater sesarmine crab, Geosesarma malayanum Ng and Lim, 1986 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) from Peninsular Malaysia". Malayan Nature Journal. 41: 393–402.

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