Marine Species Traits - Grapsus Lamarck, 1801

ERMS taxon details

Grapsus Lamarck, 1801

Sally lightfoot crab

AphiaID

106963 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106963)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838

Original name

Grapsus Lamarck, 1801

Direct children (2)

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Species Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765)
Species Grapsus adscencionis (Osbeck, 1765) accepted as Grapsus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Grapsus Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106963 on 2025-05-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Grapsus Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106963 on 2025-05-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2006-09-12 06:54:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-19 07:58:39Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-09-13 13:55:19Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]