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Grapsidae
Taxonomy
Grapsidae was named by MacLeay (1838). It is extant. Its type is Grapsus.
It was assigned to Brachyrhyncha by Rathbun (1926); and to Grapsoidea by Feldmann and Keys (1992), Karasawa (1993), Feldmann (1993), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Brachyrhyncha by Rathbun (1926); and to Grapsoidea by Feldmann and Keys (1992), Karasawa (1993), Feldmann (1993), Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Grapsus (type genus), Litograpsus, Metopograpsus, Miograpsus, Pachygrapsus, Planes (syn. Nautilograpsus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Grapsidae MacLeay |
| 1926 | Grapsidae Rathbun p. 31 |
| 1992 | Grapsidae Feldmann and Keys p. 11 |
| 1993 | Grapsidae Feldmann p. 210 |
| 1993 | Grapsidae Karasawa p. 81 |
| 2004 | Grapsidae Schweitzer and Karasawa p. 81 |
| 2010 | Grapsidae Schweitzer et al. p. 142 |
| 2023 | Grapsidae Schweitzer et al. p. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Grapsidae MacLeay 1838
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G. Grapsus Lamarck 1801
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Grapsus altifrons Stimpson 1862
†Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus 1758
Grapsus maculatus Stimpson 1862
Grapsus testudinum Roux 1830
G. Planes Bowditch 1825
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†Planes prior Smirnov 1929
Invalid names: Nautilograpsus Milne-Edwards 1837 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.8 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.8 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Neogene | Poland | Pachygrapsus hungaricus (139753) | |
| Badenian | Hungary | Metopograpsus badenis (226240) Metopograpsus badensis (226233) Pachygrapsus hungaricus (138812 149366 207750 207753) | |
| Serravallian | Hungary | Pachygrapsus hungaricus (34739) | |
| Tongaporutuan | New Zealand (North Island) | Miograpsus papaka (202175) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Baja California) | Pachygrapsus sp. (194407) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | Pachygrapsus sp. (228847) | |
| Holocene | USA (Texas) | Pachygrapsus transversus (146570) | |
| Holocene | USA (Flrida) | Pachygrapsus transversus (146568) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virgin Islands) | Grapsus maculatus (146588) | |
| Holocene | Mexico | Grapsus altrfrons, Nautilograpsus minutus (147227) | |
| Holocene | Spain (Cantabria) | Pachygrapsus marmoratus (101904) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Grapsus maculatus (147239) |