Leptograpsus | 水產百科網

Leptograpsusvariegatus,knownasthepurplerockcrab,isamarinelarge-eyedcrabofthefamilyGrapsidae,foundinsouthernsubtropicalIndo-PacificOceans.

Genus of crabs

Leptograpsus variegatus, known as the purple rock crab, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans.[1] It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width.[1] It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.[2]

Leptograpsus variegatus was first described in 1793 as Cancer. variegatus.[3] In 1803, C. variegatus was moved to the Graspus genus and became Graspus variegatus.[4] In 1818, 1842 and 1852, L. variegatus was described again as Grapsus personatus, Grapsus strigilatus and Grapsus planifrons.[5][6][7] In 1853, Henri Milne-Edwards erected the Leptograpsus genus and used G. variegatus as the type taxon.[8] In his publication, Milne-Edwards recognized G. personatus, G. strigilatus and G. planifrons to be ...