Grapsus

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: Grapsus
Species: G. albolineatus – G. grapsus – G. longitarsus – G. tenuicrustatus
Name

Grapsus (Lamarck, 1801)
References

Landeira, J.M.; Cuesta, J.A. 2012: Morphology of the second zoeal stage of Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsoidea) confirms larval characters of the family Grapsidae. Zootaxa 3540: 59–64. Preview Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names

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]

References

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