| Leptograpsus variegatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Leptograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 |
| Species: | L. variegatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793)
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Leptograpsus variegatus, known as the purple rock crab, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans.[1] It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width.[1] It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.[2]
- ^ a b "Grapsidae". SeaFriends. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Leptograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 January 2012.