''Metopograpsus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
s, containing the following extant species:
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Metopograpsus frontalis''
Miers, 1880
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Metopograpsus latifrons''
(White, 1847)
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Metopograpsus messor''
(Forsskål, 1775)
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Metopograpsus oceanicus''
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
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Metopograpsus quadridentatus''
Stimpson, 1858
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Metopograpsus thukuhar
The thukuhar shore-crab (''Metopograpsus thukuhar''), also known as alamihi crab, is a species of crab that lives in mangroves all over from Africa to Fiji.
Distribution
A mangrove inhabitant, it is found all over mangrove forests of Hawaii, Mad ...
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(Owen, 1839)
A further extinct species is known.
Gallery
File:Metapograpssus latifrons.jpg, ''Metopograpsus latifrons'' from Karwar
Karwar is a coastal City and the administrative headquarters of Uttara Kannada district, formerly part of the Bombay Presidency, located at the mouth of the Kali River (Karnataka), Kali river along the Konkan Coast in the present-day state of Ka ...
, India
File:Metapograspus messor.jpg, ''Metopograpsus messor'' from India
File:Metopograpsus spp.jpg, Unidentified species of ''Metopograpsus''
References
Grapsidae
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
Decapod genera
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