Superfamily

Grapsoidea (Land, shore, and marsh crabs)

Hemigrapsus nudus. Photo: (c) Dan Hershman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Grapsoidea are a superfamily of crabs; they are well known and contain many taxa which are terrestrial (land-living), semiterrestrial (taking to the sea only for reproduction), or limnic (living in fresh water). Another well-known member with a more conventional lifestyle is the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
      - Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
        Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
        Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
        Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
        Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
        Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
        Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
        Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
        Zoosubsection: Thoracotremata (Thoracotrematan crabs)
        Superfamily: Grapsoidea (Land, shore, and marsh crabs)
        Family: Grapsidae (Shore crabs) (1)
        Family: Varunidae (Varunid crabs) (2)

Subtaxa

Family: Grapsidae (Shore crabs)

Family: Varunidae (Varunid crabs)

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