''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
''Metopograpsus'' is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:
*'' Metopograpsus frontalis'' Miers, 1880
*'' Metopograpsus latifrons'' (White, 1847)
*''Metopograpsus messor'' (Forsskål, 1775)
*'' Metopograpsus oceanicus'' (Hom ...
''
(White, 1847)
*''
Metopograpsus messor
''Metopograpsus messor'' is a species of grapsid crab that lives in mangroves from East Africa to Fiji.
Description
It grows up to wide. The carapace and legs are mottled brownish green, while the claws are brownish red.
Distribution
The ...
''
(Forsskål, 1775)
*''
Metopograpsus oceanicus
''Metopograpsus'' is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:
*'' Metopograpsus frontalis'' Miers, 1880
*''Metopograpsus latifrons'' (White, 1847)
*''Metopograpsus messor'' (Forsskål, 1775)
*'' Metopograpsus oceanicus'' (Homb ...
''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
*''
Metopograpsus quadridentatus
''Metopograpsus'' is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:
*''Metopograpsus frontalis'' Miers, 1880
*''Metopograpsus latifrons'' (White, 1847)
*''Metopograpsus messor'' (Forsskål, 1775)
*''Metopograpsus oceanicus'' (Hombron ...
''
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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