Grapsus
| Grapsus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| "Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Subfamily: | Grapsinae |
| Genus: | Grapsus Lamarck, 1801[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cancer grapsus[2] | |
Grapsus is a genus of lightfoot crabs, comprising the following species:[2]
- Grapsus albolineatus Latreille in Milbert, 1812
- Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
- Grapsus fourmanoiri Crosnier, 1965
- Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Grapsus granulosus Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Grapsus intermedius De Man, 1888
- Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
- Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)
'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.[3]
Gallery
[edit]- Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing on rocks in Hawaii
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Saint Helena
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
References
[edit]- ↑ "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- 1 2 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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