Species Geograpsus crinipes (Dana, 1851)
- Grapsus crinipes Dana, J.D. 1851. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii): Conspectus Crustacearum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce, lexit et descriptsit J.D. Dana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 5: 247-254 [249].
Type data:
Status unknown, (presumed lost), Hawai'i (as Sandwich Is.). - Geograpsus antelmei Ward, M. 1942. Notes on the Crustacea of the Desjardins Museum, Mauritius Institute with descriptions of new genera and species. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 2(2): 49-113 pls 5-6 [105 pl. 6 fig. 7].
Type data:
Syntype(s) DM, Salomon, Chagos Archipelago. - Cancer scarpellonis Curtiss, A. 1938. A Short Zoology of Tahiti in the Society Islands. New York : Self-published i-xvi, 193 pp. [173].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Banerjee, S.K. 1960. Biological Results of the Snellius Expedition. XVIII. The Genera Grapsus, Geograpsus and Metopograpsus (Crustacea Brachyura). Temminckia 10: 132-199 figs 1-6 [163]
- Ng, P.K.L., Eldredge, L.G. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtis in 1938 and 1944. Zootaxa 3099: 43-56 [45 (Table 1), 50]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west central Pacific Oceans (East Africa to southern Japan and east to Hawai'i and Polynesia).
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, supratidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Land crab living in burrows behind the beach.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |