Genus Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858
- Geograpsus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Ocypodoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars V. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 93-110 [page numbers 39–56 on separate reprint] [101] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Grapsus lividus H. Milne Edwards, 1837 by subsequent designation, see Rathbun, M.J. 1918. The grapsoid crabs of America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 97: i-xxii 1-461, text-figs 1-172 pls 1-161. - Orthograpsus Kingsley, J.S. 1880. Carcinological Notes. No. 4. Synopsis of the Grapsidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 32: 187-224 [188, 194] [junior subjective synonym of Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858; gender masculine].
Type species:
Orthograpsus hillii Kingsley, 1880 by subsequent designation, see Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices (= Grapsus lividus H. Milne Edwards, 1837).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Manning, R.B. & Holthuis, L.B. 1981. West African Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 306: i-xii, 1-379 figs 1-88, 2 appendices [226]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans.
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |