Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Kingdom Eubrachyura > Kingdom Thoracotremata > Superfamily Grapsoidea > Family Varunidae > Subfamily Varuninae > Genus Hemigrapsus

Hemigrapsus penicillatus (De Haan, 1835)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemigrapsus*	Dana, 1851	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: penseelkrab sources: Dewarumez, J.-M.; Gévaert, F.; Massé, C.; Foveau, A.; Desroy, N.; Grulois, D. (2011). Les espèces marines animales et végétales introduites dans le bassin Artois-Picardie . UMR CNRS 8187 LOG/Agence de l’Eau Artois-Picardie: Douai. 138 pp.

English: penicillate shore crab

Literature

original description	De Haan, W., 1833-1850. Crustacea. In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit: i-xxxi, ix-xvi, 1-243, Plates A-J, L-Q, 1-55. Lugduni-Batavorum.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Decapod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Hemigrapsus penicillatus (De Haan, 1835). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:107454