Goniopsis

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: Goniopsis
Species: G. cruentata – G. pelii – G. pulchra
Name

Goniopsis (De Haan, 1833)
Type species

G. cruentata
(Latreille, 1803)
References

Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P.J.F. 2008 Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Full paper
Goniopsis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: mangrove root crab

Goniopsis is a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae, containing three extant species:[1]

Goniopsis cruentata (Latreille, 1803)
Goniopsis pelii (Herklots, 1851)
Goniopsis pulchra (Lockington, 1877)

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Goniopsis De Haan, 1833". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-07-21.