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Pachygrapsus

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Pachygrapsus
Temporal range: Miocene–recent [1]
Striped shore crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Subfamily: Grapsinae
Genus: Pachygrapsus
Randall, 1839 [2]

Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic.[3]

It comprises the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pachygrapsus Randall 1839 (crab)". Fossilworks.org.
  2. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  3. ^ Christoph D. Schubart (2011). "Reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships within Grapsidae (Crustacea: Brachyura) and comparison of trans-isthmian versus amphi-atlantic gene flow based on mtDNA". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 250 (4): 472–478. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2011.06.003.