Grapsidae

Taxobox
name = Grapsidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Pachygrapsus marmoratus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
subclassis = Eumalacostraca
superordo = Eucarida
ordo = Decapoda
subordo = Pleocyemata
infraordo = Brachyura

superfamilia = Grapsoidea
familia = Grapsidae
familia_authority = Macleay, 1838
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =Several, but see text

Grapsidae is a family of crabs. Its monophyly is unconfirmed; some taxa probably belong elsewhere.Schubart "et al." (2006)]

elected genera and species

Note: This classification is still partly based on the pre-2001 definition of Grapsidae, which contained much of what today is the Grapsoidea. See Martin and Davis (2001).

* Genus "Brachynotus"
** "Brachynotus sexdentatus"
* Genus "Geograpsus"
** "Geograpsus crinipes"
** Variegate shore crab, "Geograpsus lividus"
** "Geograpsus grayi"
** "Geograpsus stormi"
* Genus "Goniopsis"
** Mangrove root crab, "Goniopsis cruentata"
* Genus "Grapsodius"
** "Grapsodius eximius"
* Genus "Grapsus"
** Mottled lightfoot crab, "Grapsus albolineatus"
** "Grapsus adscensionis"
** "Grapsus altifrons"
** "Grapsus aspera"
** "Grapsus fourmanoiri"
** "Grapsus granulosus"
** Sally lightfoot crab, "Grapsus grapsus"
** "Grapsus inornatus"
** "Grapsus intermedius"
** "Grapsus longitarsis"
** "Grapsus maculatus"
** "Grapsus ornatus"
** "Grapsus peronii"
** "Grapsus pharaonis"
** "Grapsus pictus"
** "Grapsus planifrons"
** "Grapsus rudis"
** "Grapsus strigosus"
** Natal lightfoot crab, "Grapsus tenuicrustatus"
** "Grapsus webbi"
* Genus "Leptograpsodes"
** "Leptograpsodes octodentatus"
* Genus "Leptograpsus"
** Purple rock crab, "Leptograpsus variegatus"
* Genus "Marestia"
** "Marestia elegans"
* Genus "Metopograpsus"
* Genus "Pachygrapsus"
** "Pachygrapsus corrugatus"
** Striped shore crab, "Pachygrapsus crassipes"
** "Pachygrapsus fakaravensis"
** Dark shore crab, "Pachygrapsus gracilis"
** "Pachygrapsus laevimanus"
** "Pachygrapsus loveridgei"
** Drifter crab, "Pachygrapsus marinus"
** "Pachygrapsus marmoratus"
** "Pachygrapsus minutus"
** "Pachygrapsus planifrons"
** "Pachygrapsus plicatus"
** "Pachygrapsus propinquus"
** Mottled shore crab, "Pachygrapsus transversus"
* Genus "Planes"
** Blue Pacific weed crab, "Planes cyaneus"
** Brown Pacific weed crab, "Planes marinus"
** Gulfweed crab, "Planes minutus"
* Genus "Platychirograpsus"
** Saber crab, "Platychirograpsus spectabilis" "Cyclograpsus", "Eriocheir", "Helice", "Helograpsus" and "Hemigrapsus" have tentatively been placed in the Varunidae.

"Euchirograpsus", "Percnon" and "Plagusia" belong to the Plagusiidae which might be a junior synonym of the Gecarcinidae.

Footnotes

References

* (2006): Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. "Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research" 44(3): 193–199. doi|10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x (HTML abstract)Verify source|date=January 2008
* Martin, J. W., & G. E. Davis. 2001. "An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea." Science Series 39, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY. [http://www.nhm.org/research/publications/CrustaceaClassification.pdf Available online (PDF)]

External links

* [http://www.seafriends.org.nz/enviro/crust/grapsida.htm SeaFriends]
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Grapsidae.html University of Michigan]