Decanet taxon details
Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793)
444462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444462)
accepted
Species
Cancer variegatus Fabricius, 1793 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Grapsus personatus Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grapsus planifrons Dana, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grapsus strigilatus White, 1842 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grapsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Leptograpsus ansoni H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptograpsus gayi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptograpsus verreauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sesarma pentagona Hutton, 1875 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer variegatus Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444462 on 2025-09-11
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(of Cancer variegatus Fabricius, 1793) Fabricius, J.C. (1793). Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. [Improved and Enhanced Systematic Entomology. According to the Classes, Orders, Genera, Species Adjacent Synonyms, Localities, Observations, and Descriptions.]. <em>Proft, Christian Gottlob (Kopenhagen) , Hafniae.</em> 2: i-viii + 1-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36532 [details]
original description (of Grapsus personatus Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Grapsus planifrons Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details]
original description (of Grapsus strigilatus White, 1842) White, A. (1842). Description of an Orthopterous Insect, and two New Species of Crustacea, from New Zealand: in the collection of the British Museum. In: Gray, J. E. (Ed.), The Zoological Miscellany. To be continued occasionally. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co., G. B. Sowerby; & W. Wood, London, part II: 78–79. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus ansoni H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus gayi H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus verreauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Sesarma pentagona Hutton, 1875) Hutton, F. W. (1875). Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 15(85): 41-42. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Grapsus personatus Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 [details]
original description (of Grapsus planifrons Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). Conspectus crustaceorum quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicae Faederate Duce, lexit et descripsit. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 5(10): 247-254. [details]
original description (of Grapsus strigilatus White, 1842) White, A. (1842). Description of an Orthopterous Insect, and two New Species of Crustacea, from New Zealand: in the collection of the British Museum. In: Gray, J. E. (Ed.), The Zoological Miscellany. To be continued occasionally. Treuttel, Wurtz & Co., G. B. Sowerby; & W. Wood, London, part II: 78–79. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus ansoni H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus gayi H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Leptograpsus verreauxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
original description (of Sesarma pentagona Hutton, 1875) Hutton, F. W. (1875). Descriptions of two new species of Crustacea from New Zealand. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 15(85): 41-42. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Milne Edwards, H. (1853). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 6-11. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptograpsus variegatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Grapsus planifrons Dana, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptograpsus variegatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Grapsus planifrons Dana, 1851)