Tags: Crustacean.

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. It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width. It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.

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binomial authority
Johan Christian Fabricius
class
Malacostraca
family
Grapsidae
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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