Hemigrapsus | |
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Hemigrapsus nudus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Varunidae |
Subfamily: | Varuninae |
Genus: | Hemigrapsus Dana, 1851 |
Type species | |
Hemigrapsus crassimanus Dana, 1851
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Hemigrapsus is a genus of varunid crabs comprising thirteen species native almost exclusively in the Pacific Ocean, but two have been introduced to the North Atlantic region.