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Pachygrapsus
Description | Pachygrapsus is a genus of small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachygrapsus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Grapsidae : Pachygrapsus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pachygrapsus Randall, 1839 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Randall, J. W. 1839. Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nuttall and J. K. Townsend, from the west coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localiti. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 106-147. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 13.8 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Decapoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | イワガニ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachygrapsus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pachygrapsus corrugatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus crassipes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus fakaravensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus hungaricus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 13.8 Ma Miocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
Pachygrapsus laevimanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus loveridgei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus marmoratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus maurus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus minutus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus planifrions species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus planifrons species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus plicatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus propinquus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus socius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pachygrapsus transversus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Goniograpsus Dana, 1851 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Grapsidae : Goniograpsus |
Pachigrapsus Nardo, 1869 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Grapsidae : Pachigrapsus |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1839 | Pachygrapsus Randall |
2003 | Pachygrapsus Kiessling |
2010 | Pachygrapsus Schweitzer et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!