Grapsus longitarsis is a species of crab 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 Archipelago, French Polynesia.[1][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Grapsus |
| Species: | G. longitarsis
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| Binomial name | |
| Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Grapsus subquadratus | |
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
edit- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory" Grapsus longitarsis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Grapsus longitarsis". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ 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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