%0 Journal Article
%T OCCURRENCE OF ARBOREAL-CLIMBING GRAPSIDS AND OTHER BRACHYURANS IN TWO MANGROVE AREAS OF SOUTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES
%A JIMMY T. MASAGCA
%J BIOTROPIA : the Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Biology
%D 2011
%I SEAMEO, BIOTROP
%X Despite the obvious importance to ecosystem functioning, the most prominent groupsbelonging to the Grapsidae are generally regarded as less studied in the Philippines. In thisstudy, the occurrence of arboreal-climbing grapsids and other brachyurans associated with themangals of Quezon and Catanduanes was considered including some aspects on climbing,burrowing and feeding behaviour of selected grapsids represented byand . The non-grapsoid taxa are represented by Varunidae ( ),Portunidae ( , , , ); and Eriphiidae ( ).(White 1847) [ ] is an exclusive mangrove tree climber (EMTC), while(A. Milne Edwards 1873) is described here as occasional mangrove treeclimber (OMTC). (De Haan 1835) is anon-mangrove arborealclimbing species (NTC) only seen on crevices of the mangrove areas.creates burrows most often than . Likewise, the study providesinformation on the presence of the portunid orange mud crab ( ); the green mudcrab ( ); the varunid ( ); and extremely abundant xanthiidcrab, in the mangroves of Catanduanes but not in Pagbilao, Quezon
%K Grapsid crabs
%K brachyurans
%K mangroves
%K Philippines
%U http://journal.biotrop.org/index.php/biotropia/article/view/242