''Grapsus'' is a
genus
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of lightfoot
crabs, comprising the following species:
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Grapsus albolineatus''
Latreille ''in'' Milbert, 1812
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Grapsus adscensionis''
( Osbeck, 1765)
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Grapsus fourmanoiri''
Crosnier, 1965
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Grapsus grapsus
''Grapsus grapsus'' is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known as the red rock crab, or, along with crabs such as '' Percnon gibbesi'', as the Sally Lightfoot crab.
Distribution
''Grapsus grapsus'' is f ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
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Grapsus granulosus''
Milne-Edwards, 1853
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Grapsus intermedius''
De Man, 1888
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Grapsus longitarsis''
Dana, 1851
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Grapsus tenuicrustatus''
( Herbst, 1783)
'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.
Gallery
File:Grapsus tenuicrustatus - hawaii - 2015-11-01.webm, ''Grapsus tenuicrustatus'' climbing on rocks in Hawaii
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File:Grapsus adscensionis1.jpg, ''Grapsus adscensionis'' at Tenerife
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File:Grapsus adscensionis - Tenerife 01.jpg, ''Grapsus adscensionis'' at Tenerife
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File:Sally lightfoot crabs at Lot's Wife's Ponds.jpg, ''Grapsus adscensionis'' at Saint Helena
File:Grapsus albolineatus-1.jpg, ''Grapsus albolineatus'' at Karwar
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Karwar is a popular tourist destination and with a city urba ...
, India
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File:Specimen of Grapsus tenuicrustatus.JPG, ''Grapsus tenuicrustatus''
References
Grapsidae
Decapod genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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