• Pseudograpsus Milne Edwards, H. 1837. Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. Paris : Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 2 532 pp., Atlas 32 pp., 42 pls. [81] [gender masculine].

  Type species:

   Grapsus penicilliger Latreille, 1817 by subsequent designation, see Holthuis, L.B. 1977. The Grapsidae, Gecarcinidae and Palicidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of the Red Sea. Israel Journal of Zoology 26: 141-192.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

History of changes

• Pseudograpsus albus 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] [104].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (probably lost), Kikaisima [Kikai-shima], Okinawa, Ryukyu Ils.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans (Madagascar to Japan, New Caledonia and east to Fiji).

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, rocky shore.

Extra Ecological Information

Stony beach, under rocks and stones.

History of changes