The Grapsidae are a family of crabs known variously as marsh crabs, shore crabs, or talon crabs.[1] The family has not been confirmed to form a monophyletic group and some taxa may belong in other families.[2] 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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| Grapsus grapsus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Grapsoidea |
| Family: | Grapsidae Macleay, 1838 [1] |
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Genera edit
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.[3] Ten genera remain in the family, two of them known only from fossils:[3]
- 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
References edit
- ^ a b "Grapsidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
- ^ C. D. Schubart; S. Cannicci; M. Vannini; S. Fratini (2006). "Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification" (PDF). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 44 (3): 193–199. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-19.
- ^ a b Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
External links edit
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