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Metopograpsus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Family: Grapsidae Genus: Metopograpsus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853Type species Cancer messor
Forsskål, 1775Metopograpsus is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]
- Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
- Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)
- Metopograpsus messor (Forsskål, 1775)
- Metopograpsus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
- Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, 1858
- Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
A further extinct species is known.[2]
References
- ^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
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