Grapsus
| Grapsus | |
|---|---|
| |
| "Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Grapsus Lamarck, 1801 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Cancer grapsus [2] | |
Grapsus is a genus of lightfoot crabs, comprising the following species:[2] 'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.[3]
- Grapsus albolineatus Latreille in Milbert, 1812
- (Osbeck, 1765)
- Crosnier, 1965
- Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Milne-Edwards, 1853
- De Man, 1888
- Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
- Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)
Gallery[]
Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing on rocks in Hawaii
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Saint Helena
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
References[]
- ^ "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Grapsus".
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- Grapsidae
- Decapod genera
- Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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