Geograpsus
Geograpsus is a genus of crabs in the family Grapsidae, containing four extant species, and one extinct species:[1][2]
- Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
- Geograpsus grayi (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853)
- Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
- Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
- † Geograpsus severnsi Paulay & Starmer, 2011
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| Genus: | Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858 |
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| Grapsus lividus H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 | |
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- Gustav Paulay & John Starmer (2011). "Evolution, insular restriction, and extinction of oceanic land crabs, exemplified by the loss of an endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands". PLoS ONE. 6 (5): e19916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019916. PMC 3095624. PMID 21603620.
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