| Grapsus | |
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| "Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Subfamily: | Grapsinae |
| Genus: | Grapsus Lamarck, 18011 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer grapsus2 | |
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
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Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing on rocks in Hawaii
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Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife -
Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife -
Grapsus adscensionis at Saint Helena -
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Grapsus tenuicrustatus
References
References
- "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- 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".