# Paragrapsus

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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Mottled-shore-crab-paragrapsus-laevis-dorsal-view-389834-large.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Paragrapsus laevis](/source/Paragrapsus_laevis)''
| type_species = ''[Paragrapsus quadridentatus](/source/Paragrapsus_quadridentatus)''
| type_species_authority = H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
| taxon = Paragrapsus
| authority = [H. Milne-Edwards](/source/Henri_Milne-Edwards), 1837
}}

'''''Paragrapsus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [crab](/source/crab)s from South Eastern Australia, containing the following species:<ref name="Campbell">{{Cite journal |journal = Reprint from Volume 14, Part 5, Memoirs of the Oueensland Museum | title=The Australian Sesarminae (Crustacea: Brachyura): Genera Helice, Helograpsus Nov., Cyclograpsus and Paragrapsus| last1=Campbell|first1=B. M.|last2=Griffin|first2=D.J.G.| date = 1966-02-28 | url=https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/14439/14439.pdf}}</ref>

*''[Paragrapsus gaimardii](/source/Paragrapsus_gaimardii)'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small>
*''[Paragrapsus laevis](/source/Paragrapsus_laevis)'' <small>(Dana, 1851)</small>
*''[Paragrapsus quadridentatus](/source/Paragrapsus_quadridentatus)'' <small>(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)</small>
*''[Paragrapsus urvillei](/source/Paragrapsus_urvillei)'' <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1853</small> was later referred to as part of the genus [Helice](/source/Helice_(crab)) by Tesch in 1918,<ref name="Campbell"/> but is listed as the accepted name by others.<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paragrapsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439872 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>

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