Pachygrapsus

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Pachygrapsus
Striped shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
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Pachygrapsus

Randall, 1839 [1]

Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.[2]

It comprises the following species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Christoph D. Schubart (2011). "Reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships within Grapsidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) and comparison of trans-isthmian versus amphi-atlantic gene flow based on mtDNA" (PDF). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 250: 472–478.