Aratus pisonii

Aratus pisonii, commonly known as the mangrove tree crab, is a species of crab which lives in mangrove trees in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas, from Florida to Brazil on the Atlantic coast, and from Nicaragua to Peru on the Pacific coast. It feeds mostly on the leaves of the mangroves, but is an omnivore, and prefers animal matter when possible.[3] A. pisonii is the only species in the monotypic genus Aratus.[2] The specific epithet pisoniicommemorates the Dutch naturalist Willem Piso who travelled in Brazil in 1638 with Georg Marggraf.[4]
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Grapsoidea
Category:Terrestrial crustaceans
Category:Mangrove fauna
Category:Crustaceans of North America
Category:Crustaceans of South America
Category:Crustaceans of the United States
Category:Arthropods of Central America
Category:Crustaceans described in 1837