Grapsus Lamarck 1801 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Grapsidae
Full reference: J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432
Parent taxon: Grapsidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Litograpsus, Metopograpsus, Miograpsus, Pachygrapsus, Planes
Subtaxa: Grapsus altifrons Grapsus grapsus Grapsus maculatus Grapsus testudinum
Type: Cancer grapsus
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: Florida, Virgin Islands)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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