Grapsidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Decapoda, class Malacostraca. The family contains 25 accepted species worldwide.
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Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840 is a crab with a distinctive striped, mottl…
Planes minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Planes minutus is a small pelagic swimming crab that associates with Sargassum w…
Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Fabricius, 1787)
Pachygrapsus marmoratus is a speedly intertidal crab with a toothed square carap…
Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
Grapsus adscensionis is a crab species found in the eastern Atlantic along Afric…
Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
Metopograpsus thukuhar is a non-burrowing omnivorous mangrove-dwelling crab with…
Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grapsus grapsus, the Sally Lightfoot crab, is a common agile rocky shore crab fo…
Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783)
Grapsus tenuicrustatus, the thin-shelled rock crab, is an Indo-Pacific shore cra…
Geograpsus lividus (H.Milne Edwards, 1837)
Geograpsus lividus is a species of crab with a long larval development period an…
Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793)
Leptograpsus variegatus is a large intertidal rocky zone crab found across parts…
Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
Grapsus longitarsis is a tropical benthic intertidal crab from the Grapsidae fam…
Grapsus albolineatus Latreille, 1812
Grapsus albolineatus is an Indo-Pacific crab species that lives on rocky reefs a…
Grapsidae animals belong to the Decapoda order in the Animalia kingdom. Description: This species of crab typically has a brown, purple, or black carapace marked with green stripes. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Grapsidae is classified in the order Decapoda, class Malacostraca, phylum Arthropoda. They are yellowish red in color, with distinct hairs on their legs.
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