Hemigrapsus crenulatus

Hemigrapsus crenulatus, the hairy-handed crab or papaka huruhuru,[2] is a marine crab of the family Varunidae, endemic to the New Zealand coast, although a taxon in Chile may be conspecific.[2]

Hemigrapsus crenulatus
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H. crenulatus
Binomial name
Hemigrapsus crenulatus
Synonyms [1]
  • Trichodactylus granarius Nicolet, 1849
  • Trichodactylus granulatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1853
  • Heterograpsus barbigerus Heller, 1862
  • Heterograpsus barbimanus Heller, 1865
  • Heterograpsus sanguineus Lenz, 1902

References

  1. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. "Hemigrapsus crenulatis [sic] (H Milne Edwards, 1837), hairy-handed crab, papaka huruhuru". Seafriends. Retrieved October 22, 2010.


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