Leptograpsus variegatus | |
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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.