Grapsus

Grapsus
"Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus
Scientific classification
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] Linnaeus, 1758

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
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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 albolineatus at Karwar, India
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  Grapsus tenuicrustatus

References

1. "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
2. 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.
3. "Grapsus".