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Hemigrapsus
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Hemigrapsus

Hemigrapsus is a genus of varunid crabs comprising thirteen species native almost exclusively in the Pacific Ocean, but two have been introduced to the North Atlantic region.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow Shore Crab

speciesHemigrapsus oregonensis

Purple Shore Crab

speciesHemigrapsus nudus

Asian Shore Crab

speciesHemigrapsus sanguineus

Hairy-handed Crab

speciesHemigrapsus crenulatus

Brush-clawed Shore Crab

speciesHemigrapsus takanoi

Common Rock Crab

speciesHemigrapsus sexdentatus

Hemigrapsus penicillatus

speciesHemigrapsus penicillatus

Hemigrapsus sinensis

speciesHemigrapsus sinensis

Hemigrapsus longitarsis

speciesHemigrapsus longitarsis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48343.