Geograpsus

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

Geograpsus
Geograpsus crinipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Grapsidae
Genus:
Geograpsus

Stimpson, 1858
Type species
Grapsus lividus

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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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