Pachygrapsus

Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.

Pachygrapsus
Temporal range: Miocene–recent
Striped shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily: Grapsinae
Genus: Pachygrapsus
Randall, 1839

It comprises the following species:

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