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Table 1 Species names, life styles, and sampling sites of the four crab species (Decapoda, Brachyura) collected in southern Taiwan in May 2007

From: Dietary preferences of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan for marine or terrestrial food sources: evidence based on fatty acid trophic markers

Species

Family

Life style

Habitat

Feeding mode

Sampling position

Percnon affine

Percnidae

marine

lower rocky intertidal

herbivorous

21°55′54.6″N, 120°49′29.0″E

Grapsus albolineatus

Grapsidae

marine

spray zone, rock pools

herbi−/omnivorous

21°55′54.6″N, 120°49′29.0″E

Orisarma intermedium

Sesarmidae

semi-terrestrial

estuaries, salt marshes

herbivorous

21°59′17.1″N, 120°50′40.2″E

Geothelphusa albogilva

Potamidae

terrestrial

mountain rivers

herbivorous

22°02′30.8″N, 120°46′13.3″E