Biology:Grapsus
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Short description: Genus of crabs
| Grapsus | |
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| "Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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
Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing on rocks in Hawaii
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
Grapsus adscensionis at Saint Helena
Grapsus albolineatus at Karwar, India
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
References
- ↑ "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99071. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ↑ "Grapsus". https://slovar-vocab.com/english/websters-international-vocab/grapsus-8515198.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q5221463 entry
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