Biology:Grapsus longitarsis

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Short description: Species of crab

Grapsus longitarsis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Grapsus
Species:
G. longitarsis
Binomial name
Grapsus longitarsis
Dana, 1851
Synonyms[1][2]

Grapsus subquadratus
Grapsus longitarsis somalicus

Grapsus longitarsis is a species of decapod crustacean in the family Grapsidae, native to the Indo-Pacific.[3] It was first described by James Dwight Dana in 1851, from a specimen found in the Tuamotu Archipeligo, French Polynesia.[1][4]

The basis for the decision of synonymy is Banerjee (1960).[1][2]

G. longitarsis is a tropical, benthic species living at depths ranging from 0–5 m in the intertidal zone. Precopulatory courtship (via smell and touch) is common and the sperm transfer is usually indirect.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Australian Faunal Directory" Grapsus longitarsis" (in en). https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Grapsus_longitarsis. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Banerjee, S.K. (1960). "Biological Results of the Snellius Expedition. XVIII. The Genera Grapsus, Geograpsus and Metopograpsus (Crustacea Brachyura)". Temminckia 10: 132-199 figs 1-6 [144]. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Grapsus longitarsis". https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Grapsus-longitarsis.html. 
  4. Dana, J.D. (1851). "Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii): Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 247–254 [249]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26301484. 

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