Metopograpsus

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: Metopograpsus
Species: M. cannicci – M. frontalis – M. latifrons – M. messor – M. oceanicus – M. quadridentatus – M. thukuhar
Name
Metopograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Metopograpsus is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]

Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)
Metopograpsus messor (Forsskål, 1775)
Metopograpsus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, 1858
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)

A further extinct species is known.[2]

References

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.
Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.