Grapsus grapsus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grapsus grapsus – Corbari et al. 2015: 165–167, French Guiana [from Iles du Salut 2014 Expedition, stn SM05, shoreline, 03/10/2014, MNHN-IU-2013-2721 at http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/iu/2013-2721].

Distribution/Habitat

WA-EP; shoreline.

Remark

This is a very common shore crab in the Lesser Antilles, but apparently more unusual in the French Guiana region, with a unique occurrence in the Iles du Salut that have some rocky shores.