Geograpsus severnsi

Geograpsus severnsi
Temporal range:
Holotype; scale bar is 10 mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Geograpsus
Species:
G. severnsi
Binomial name
Geograpsus severnsi
Paulay & Starmer, 2011

Geograpsus severnsi is an extinct species of land crab from Hawaii. It died out shortly after humans colonized the Hawaiian Islands. It is the first known documented crab to become extinct after the ice age.


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