Geograpsus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Grapsoidea
Familia: Grapsidae
Genus: Geograpsus
Species: G. crinipes
- G. lividus
Name

Geograpsus (Stimpson, 1858)
References

Geograpsus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: variegate shore crab

Geograpsus is a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae, containing four extant species, and one extinct species:[1][2]

Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
Geograpsus grayi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
† Geograpsus severnsi Paulay & Starmer, 2011

References

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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.
Gustav Paulay & John Starmer (2011). "Evolution, insular restriction, and extinction of oceanic land crabs, exemplified by the loss of an endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands". PLoS ONE. 6 (5): e19916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019916. PMC 3095624. PMID 21603620.