Geograpsus
| Geograpsus | |
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| Geograpsus crinipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Grapsus lividus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
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Geograpsus is a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae, containing four extant species, and one extinct species:[1][2]
- Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
- Geograpsus grayi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
- Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
- Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
- † Geograpsus severnsi Paulay & Starmer, 2011
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Gustav Paulay & John Starmer (2011). "Evolution, insular restriction, and extinction of oceanic land crabs, exemplified by the loss of an endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands". PLoS ONE. 6 (5): e19916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019916. PMC 3095624. PMID 21603620.
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