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Pachygrapsus

Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.

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Pachygrapsus
Temporal range: Miocene–recent1
Striped shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily: Grapsinae
Genus: Pachygrapsus
Randall, 18392

Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.3

It comprises the following species:2

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