Grapsus grapsus

Tags: Crustacean.

Grapsus grapsus is one of the most common crabs along the western coast of the Americas. It is known variously as red rock crab abuete negro and along with crabs such as Percnon gibbesi as Sally Lightfoot.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

family

Grapsidae

genus

Grapsus

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda, Crab

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Cancer grapsus (Linnaeus 1758), *Cancer jumpibus (Swire 1938), *Grapsus altifrons (Stimpson 1860), *Grapsus maculatus (H. Milne-Edwards 1853), *Grapsus ornatus (H. Milne-Edwards 1853), *Grapsus pictus (Lamarck 1801)