Grapsus longitarsis

Grapsus longitarsis is a species of decapod crustacean in the family Grapsidae, native to the Indo-Pacific.[3] It was first described by James Dwight Dana in 1851, from a specimen found in the Tuamotu Archipeligo, French Polynesia.[1][4]

Grapsus longitarsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Grapsus
Species:
G. longitarsis
Binomial name
Grapsus longitarsis
Dana, 1851
Synonyms[1][2]

Grapsus subquadratus
Grapsus longitarsis somalicus

The basis for the decision of synonymy is Banerjee (1960).[1][2]

G. longitarsis is a tropical, benthic species living at depths ranging from 0-5 m in the intertidal zone. Precopulatory courtship (via smell and touch) is common and the sperm transfer is usually indirect.[3]


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