Grapsidae
Sign in to saveThe Grapsidae are a family of crabs known variously as marsh crabs, shore crabs, or talon crabs. The family has not been confirmed to form a monophyletic group and some taxa may belong in other families. They are found along the shore among rocks, in estuaries, marshes, and in some cases pelagic among drifting seaweeds and flotsam.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyGrapsidae
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The Grapsidae are a family of crabs known variously as marsh crabs, shore crabs, or talon crabs. The family has not been confirmed to form a monophyletic group and some taxa may belong in other families. They are found along the shore among rocks, in estuaries, marshes, and in some cases pelagic among drifting seaweeds and flotsam.
==Genera== A number of taxa, formerly treated as subfamilies of the family Grapsidae are now considered families in their own right, including the Varunidae and Plagusiidae. Forty species and ten genera remain in the family, two of the genera known only from fossils: Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858 Goniopsis De Haan, 1833 Grapsus Lamarck, 1801 Leptograpsodes Montgomery, 1931 Leptograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Litograpsus † Schweitzer & Karasawa, 2004 Metopograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 Miograpsus † Fleming, 1981 Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840 Planes Bowdich, 1825