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Hemigrapsus nudus (Purple Shore Crab)
Scientific name: Hemigrapsus nudus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Thoracotremata → Superfamily Grapsoidea → Family Varunidae → Subfamily Varuninae → Genus Hemigrapsus

Common name: Purple Shore Crab
Locations: Eastern Pacific
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesCrabs
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Hemigrapsus nudus (Purple Shore Crab)
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