Geograpsus lividus
| Geograpsus lividus | |
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| Geograpsus lividus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Grapsidae |
| Genus: | Geograpsus |
| Species: | G. lividus |
| Binomial name | |
| Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) | |
Geograpsus lividus is a species of crabs in the family Grapsidae. [1][2]
Illustration of Geograpsus lividus from Grapsoid Crabs of America (1918), Rathbun, Mary J.
Description
Geograpsus lividus can reach a width of about 25–35 millimetres (0.98–1.38 in).[3][4] Cephalothorax is globose, smooth and without tubercles.[5] Chelar tubercles are restricted to the upper half of the chelae.[6]
Distribution
Geograpsus lividus is present in the Western Atlantic Ocean and in the Atlanto-East Pacific. [1][6][7] It can be found on both coasts of America from the central Gulf to Chile and the Galapagos Islands, and from Florida to Brazil. [3]
Habitat
These crabs live among rocks and stones and in the high tide and splash zones. [3]
References
- 1 2 Catalogue of life
- ↑ Encyclopedia of life
- 1 2 3 CBRAT - Coastal Biodiversity Risk Analysis Tool
- ↑ Jac Forest,Carel von Vaupel Klein Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, Volume 3
- ↑ Jose A. Cuesta, Guillermo Guerao, Christoph D. Schubart, Klaus Anger Morphology and growth of the larval stages of Geograpsus lividus (Crustacea, Brachyura), with the descriptions of new larval characters for the Grapsidae and an undescribed setation pattern in extended developments
- 1 2 Gustav Paulay & John Starmer (2011). "Evolution, insular restriction, and extinction of oceanic land crabs, exemplified by the loss of an endemic Geograpsus in the Hawaiian Islands". PLoS ONE. 6 (5): e19916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019916. PMC 3095624
. PMID 21603620. - ↑ ITIS Report
- Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. (1989) Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans, American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17
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