Family Grapsidae MacLeay 1838 (crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Grapsidae
Parent taxon: Grapsoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Feldmann 1993, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Karasawa 1993, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004
Sister taxa: Daragrapsus, Daranyia, Gecarcinidae, Glyptograpsidae, Percnidae, Plagusiidae, Pseudodaranyia, Sesarmidae, Varunidae, Xenograpsidae
Subtaxa: Grapsus Litograpsus Metopograpsus Miograpsus Pachygrapsus Planes
Type: Grapsus
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), Mexico (2), Spain (1), United States (4: Florida, Flrida, Texas, Virgin Islands)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Miocene of Hungary (7), New Zealand (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences