Metopograpsus
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| Metopograpsus | |
|---|---|
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| Metopograpsus messor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer messor Forsskål, 1775 | |
Metopograpsus is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]
- Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
- Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)
- Metopograpsus messor (Forsskål, 1775)
- Metopograpsus oceanicus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
- Metopograpsus quadridentatus Stimpson, 1858
- Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839)
A further extinct species is known.[2]
