Grapsus
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Grapsus is a genus
of lightfoot crab
s, comprising the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of lightfoot crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, comprising the following species:
- Grapsus albolineatus Latreille in Milbert, 1812
- Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
- Grapsus fourmanoiri Crosnier, 1965
- Grapsus grapsusGrapsus grapsusThe crab Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known variously as "red rock crab", "abuete negro", and, together with other crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as "Sally Lightfoot"...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Grapsus granulosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Grapsus intermedius De Man, 1888
- Grapsus longitarsus Dana, 1851
- Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)