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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
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]

References

  1. "Australian Faunal Directory" Grapsus longitarsis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. Banerjee, S.K. (1960). "Biological Results of the Snellius Expedition. XVIII. The Genera Grapsus, Geograpsus and Metopograpsus (Crustacea Brachyura)". Temminckia. 10: 132-199 figs 1-6 [144]. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.376.4121.
  3. "Grapsus longitarsis". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. Dana, J.D. (1851). "Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii): Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 5: 247–254 [249].


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