Leptograpsodes

Burrowing shore crab
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leptograpsodidae
Guinot, Ng & Rodríguez Moreno, 2018
Genus: Leptograpsodes
Montgomery, 1931
Species:
L. octodentatus
Binomial name
Leptograpsodes octodentatus
Synonyms
List
    • Cyclograpsus octodentatus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
    • Grapsus inornatus Hess, 1865
    • Heterograpsus octodentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
    • Leptograpsodes webhaysi Montgomery, 1931

Leptograpsodes octodentatus, known as the burrowing shore crab, is a species of crab in the superfamily Grapsoidea, It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsodes, and the family Leptograpsodidae.