# Grapsus

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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Sally lightfoot crab.jpg
| image_caption = "Sally Lightfoot", ''[Grapsus grapsus](/source/Grapsus_grapsus)''
| taxon = Grapsus
| authority = [Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1801<ref>{{ITIS|id=99071|taxon=''Grapsus'' Lamarck, 1801 |accessdate=September 1, 2010}}</ref>
| type_species = ''[Cancer grapsus](/source/Grapsus_grapsus)''<ref name="Ng"/>
| type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)
}}

'''''Grapsus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of lightfoot [crab](/source/crab)s, comprising the following species:<ref name="Ng">{{cite journal|journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |name-list-style=amp |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}</ref>
*''[Grapsus albolineatus](/source/Grapsus_albolineatus)'' <small>[Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille) ''in'' [Milbert](/source/Jacques-G%C3%A9rard_Milbert), 1812</small>
*''[Grapsus adscensionis](/source/Grapsus_adscensionis)'' <small>([Osbeck](/source/Pehr_Osbeck), 1765)</small>
*''[Grapsus fourmanoiri](/source/Grapsus_fourmanoiri)'' <small>Crosnier, 1965</small>
*''[Grapsus grapsus](/source/Grapsus_grapsus)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small>
*''[Grapsus granulosus](/source/Grapsus_granulosus)'' <small>[Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_Milne-Edwards), 1853</small>
*''[Grapsus intermedius](/source/Grapsus_intermedius)'' <small>[De Man](/source/Johannes_Govertus_de_Man), 1888</small>
*''[Grapsus longitarsis](/source/Grapsus_longitarsis)'' <small>Dana, 1851</small>
*''[Grapsus tenuicrustatus](/source/Grapsus_tenuicrustatus)'' <small>([Herbst](/source/Johann_Friedrich_Wilhelm_Herbst), 1783)</small>

'Grapsus' is a New Latin modification of Greek 'grapsaios' meaning 'crab'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slovar-vocab.com/english/websters-international-vocab/grapsus-8515198.html|title = Grapsus}}</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Grapsus tenuicrustatus - hawaii - 2015-11-01.webm|''Grapsus tenuicrustatus'' climbing on rocks in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii)
File:Grapsus adscensionis1.jpg|''Grapsus adscensionis'' at [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife)
File:Grapsus adscensionis - Tenerife 01.jpg|''Grapsus adscensionis'' at [Tenerife](/source/Tenerife)
File:Sally lightfoot crabs at Lot's Wife's Ponds.jpg|''Grapsus adscensionis'' at [Saint Helena](/source/Saint_Helena)
File:Grapsus albolineatus-1.jpg|''Grapsus albolineatus'' at [Karwar](/source/Karwar), [India](/source/India)
File:Specimen of Grapsus tenuicrustatus.JPG|''Grapsus tenuicrustatus''
</gallery>

==References==
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