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Metopograpsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Grapsidae
Genus:
Metopograpsus

Type species
Cancer messor
Forsskål, 1775

Metopograpsus is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]

A further extinct species is known.[2]

Gallery

  • Metopograpsus latifrons from Karwar, India
    Metopograpsus latifrons from Karwar, India
  • Metopograpsus messor from India
    Metopograpsus messor from India
  • Unidentified species of Metopograpsus
    Unidentified species of Metopograpsus

References

  1. ^ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  2. ^ 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.


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