Sesarma reticulatum: Difference between revisions

Heavy marsh crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Grapsoidea
Family:	Grapsidae
Genus:	Sesarma
Species:	S. reticulatum
Binomial name
	Sesarma reticulatum; (Dana, 1851)

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The heavy marsh crab, Sesarma reticulatum, is a crab species native to the salt marshes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.^[1]

Mark Bertness, chairman of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University, has blamed their overpopulation, due to a loss of predators, for the decline in cordgrass found in the marshes.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Lewis, Richard C. (2007-11-19). "Cape salt marsh decline linked to native crab".

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[lewis-1] Lewis, Richard C. (2007-11-19). "Cape salt marsh decline linked to native crab".

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-The '''Heavy marsh crab''' ('''''Sesarma reticulatum''''') is a [[crab]] [[species]] native to the [[salt marsh]]es of [[Cape Cod, Massachusetts]].<ref name=lewis/>
+The '''heavy marsh crab''', ''Sesarma reticulatum'', is a [[crab]] [[species]] native to the [[salt marsh]]es of [[Cape Cod, Massachusetts]].<ref name=lewis/>
 Mark Bertness, chairman of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at [[Brown University]], has blamed their [[overpopulation]], due to a loss of [[predator]]s, for the decline in [[cordgrass]] found in the marshes.<ref name=lewis>{{cite web