Species under Grapsus
n= 7
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Grapsus adscensionis
(Osbeck, 1765)
Eastern Atlantic
Grapsus albolineatus
Lamarck, 1818
Mottled crab Indo-West Pacific 5.027
Grapsus granulosus
Milne-Edwards, 1853
Western Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea 1.971
Grapsus grapsus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Lightfoot crab Indo-Pacific and Atlantic 7.7
Grapsus intermedius
De Man, 1888
Indian Ocean
Grapsus longitarsis
Dana, 1851
Indo-Pacific
Grapsus tenuicrustatus
(Herbst, 1783)
Natal lightfoot crab Indo-Pacific 8
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