Grapsus tenuicrustatus
Grapsus tenuicrustatus, commonly known as thin-shelled rock crab[1] or Natal lightfoot crab,[2][3] is a species of decapod crustacean in the family Grapsidae.
| Grapsus tenuicrustatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Grapsus |
| Species: | G. tenuicrustatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783) | |
The English common name natal sally-light-foot crab has been applied to the species by the FAO,[4] and as the synonym Grapsus grapsus tenuicrustatus suggests, it had sometimes been classified as a subspecies of the sally-lightfoot.[5]
Description
Carapace is a deep purple, almost black, with delicate lacy white markings all over its carapace and legs.[1]
Range
It is found in Hawaii and the Indo-Pacific, and known as ʻaʻama in the Hawaiian language.[6][7][8]
References
- "Thin Shelled Rock Crab, A'ama, Natal Lightfoot Crab Grapsus tenuicrustatus". Project Noah.
- "Grapsus tenuicrustatus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1783)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Palomares, M.L.D.; D. Pauly, eds. (2020). "Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783) Natal lightfoot crab". SeaLifeBase.
- Carpenter, Kent E.; Niem, Volker H., eds. (1998), The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 2, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, pp. 1142, 1383, ISBN 9789251040522
- Emmerson, W. D. (2017), A Guide to, and Checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique, vol. 3, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 184, ISBN 9781443896122
- Keoki Stender; Yuko Stender. "Family Grapsidae HAWAII Grapsus tenuicrustatus". MarinelifePhotography.com.
- Habibah, Imroatul; Saraswati, Brigitta Juniari; Asyari, Thomi; et al. (2018). "Diversity of Decapod Crustaceans on Intertidal Zone of Sombu Beach, Wangi-wangi Island, Wakatobi, Southeast Sulawesi". AIP Conference Proceedings. 2002 (2): 1–6. doi:10.1063/1.5050128.
- Scott, Susan (2013), Exploring Hanauma Bay: Revised and Expanded, University of Hawaii Press, p. 18, ISBN 9780824839031
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