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Metopograpsus messor

Messor's Shore-Crab

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Messor's Shore-Crab

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa - Japan - Fiji - ?Cooks - ?Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; Marine, near-shore

KEY FEATURES: This species is widely confused with Metapograpsus thukuhar, and may not exist in the Pacific east of Fiji.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Separated from Metopograpsus thukuar only by detailed comparison. See under M. thukuhar.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Metopograpsus messor
TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA; EUMALACOSTRACA; Eucarida; Decapoda; Reptantia; Brachyura; Brachygnatha; Brachyrhyncha; GRAPSIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Manuae: BPBM-AccNo.1971.201;

References:
Special Reference: Edmondson 1959;

Data Update History (information):
zTXmx, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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