Grapsus grapsus

Grapsus grapsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Grapsus
Species:
G. grapsus
Binomial name
Grapsus grapsus
Synonyms [1]

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 other crabs such as Percnon gibbesi, as the Sally Lightfoot crab.

  1. ^ a b Peter Davie (2012). "Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 21, 2012.