Grapsus longitarsis

Grapsus longitarsis is a species of crab in the family Grapsidae, native to the Indo-Pacific.^[3] It was first described by James Dwight Dana in 1851, from a specimen found in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.^[1][4]

Grapsus longitarsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Grapsidae
Genus:	Grapsus
Species:	G. longitarsis
Binomial name
Grapsus longitarsis Dana, 1851
Synonyms[1][2]
Grapsus subquadratus Grapsus longitarsis somalicus

The basis for the decision of synonymy is Banerjee (1960).^[1][2]

G. longitarsis is a tropical, benthic species living at depths ranging from 0–5 m in the intertidal zone. Precopulatory courtship (via smell and touch) is common and the sperm transfer is usually indirect.^[3]