Metopograpsus thukuhar

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Thukuhar shore-crab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Metopograpsus
Species:
M. thukuhar
Binomial name
Metopograpsus thukuhar
(Owen, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Grapsus thukuhar Owen, 1839
  • Metopograpsus eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853
  • Metopograpsus intermedius H. Milne Edwards, 1853
  • Pachygrapsus parallelus Randall, 1840[1]

The thukuhar shore-crab (Metopograpsus thukuhar), also known as alamihi crab,[2] is a species of crab that lives in mangroves all over from Africa to Fiji.

A mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over mangrove forests of Hawaii, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sumatra, Japan, Taiwan, China, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Australia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.[3]

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