Metopograpsus
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Genus of crabs
| Metopograpsus | |
|---|---|
| Metopograpsus messor | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer messor Forsskål, 1775
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Metopograpsus is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]
- Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
- Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)
- Metopograpsus messor (Forsskål, 1775)
- Metopograpsus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
- Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, 1858
- Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
A further extinct species is known.[2]
Gallery
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Metopograpsus latifrons from Karwar, India
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Metopograpsus messor from India
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Unidentified species of Metopograpsus
References
[edit ]- ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011年06月06日.
- ^ 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年06月06日.
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