Hemigrapsus crenulatus

Hemigrapsus crenulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Varunidae
Genus: Hemigrapsus
Species: H. crenulatus
Binomial name
Hemigrapsus crenulatus
(H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Synonyms [1]
  • Trichodactylus granarius Nicolet, 1849
  • Trichodactylus granulatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Heterograpsus barbigerus Heller, 1862
  • Heterograpsus barbimanus Heller, 1865
  • Heterograpsus sanguineus Lenz, 1902

Hemigrapsus crenulatus, the hairy-handed crab or papaka huruhuru,[2] is a marine crab of the family Varunidae, endemic to the New Zealand coast, although a taxon in Chile may be conspecific.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
  2. 1 2 "Hemigrapsus crenulatis [sic] (H Milne Edwards, 1837), hairy-handed crab, papaka huruhuru". Seafriends. Retrieved October 22, 2010.


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