''Metopograpsus'' is a
genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s, containing the following extant species:
*''
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.
Gallery
File:Metapograpssus latifrons.jpg, ''Metopograpsus latifrons'' from Karwar, India
File:Metapograspus messor.jpg, ''Metopograpsus messor'' from India
File:Metopograpsus spp.jpg, Unidentified species of ''Metopograpsus''
References
Grapsidae
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
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