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Leptograpsus variegatus

Leptograpsus variegatus
Purple rock crab444.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Leptograpsus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
Species: L. variegatus
Binomial name
Leptograpsus variegatus
(Fabricius, 1793)

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. It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width. It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.



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