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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
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Grapsus adscensionis at Tenerife
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Grapsus adscensionis at Saint Helena
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Grapsus tenuicrustatus
References
- ^ "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- ^ a b 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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