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Thin-shelled Rock Crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 318, February 269, March 324, April 200, May 218, June 154, July 217, August 157, September 179, October 212, November 223, December 312.
Hawaii4,329
United States2,717
Taiwan147
China128
South Africa127
Taiwan Province123
KwaZulu-Natal118
Sri Lanka62
Australia59
Southern Province54

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyShore Crabs · Grapsidae
GenusGrapsus

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