Grapsus

Grapsus
"Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily: Grapsinae
Genus: Grapsus
Lamarck, 1801 [1]
Type species
Cancer grapsus [2]

Grapsus is a genus of lightfoot crabs, comprising the following species:[2]

'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.[3]

  1. ^ "Grapsus Lamarck, 1801". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  3. ^ "Grapsus".