Grapsus

Grapsus is a genus of lightfoot crabs, comprising the following species:

Grapsus
"Sally Lightfoot", Grapsus grapsus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily: Grapsinae
Genus: Grapsus
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Cancer grapsus

'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.

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