Leptograpsus
| Leptograpsus variegatus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Leptograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 |
| Species: | L. variegatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793) | |
Leptograpsus variegatus, known as the purple rock crab, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans.[1] It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width.[1] It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Grapsidae". SeaFriends. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
- ↑ Peter Davie (2010). "Leptograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
Further reading
Griffin, D. J. G. (1973). "A revision of the two southern temperate shore crabs Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius) and Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Grapsidae)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 3 (3): 415–440. doi:10.1080/03036758.1973.10421866.
Campbell, N. A.; Mahon, R. J. (1974). "A multivariate study of variation in two species of rock crab of the genus Leptograpsus". Australian Journal of Zoology. 22 (3): 417–425. doi:10.1071/ZO9740417.
Davie, P. J. F. (1983). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra, Australia: CSIRO. pp. 215–216. ISBN 9780643067929.