All Species
59 Species in Family Varunidae
Nominal species list for Varunidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933
Asthenognathus hexagonum Rathbun, 1909
Asthenognathus inaequipes Stimpson, 1858
Brachynotus foresti Zariquiey Alvarez, 1968
Brachynotus gemmellari (Rizza, 1839)
Brachynotus sexdentatus (Risso, 1827) Mediterranean crab
Cyclograpsus audouinii Milne Edwards, 1837
Cyclograpsus cinereus Dana, 1851
Cyclograpsus granulatus Dana, 1851
Cyclograpsus henshawi Rathbun, 1902
Cyclograpsus insularum Campbell & Griffin, 1966
Cyclograpsus integer Milne-Edwards, 1837 Globose shore crab
Cyclograpsus lavauxi Milne-Edwards, 1853
Cyclograpsus longipes Stimpson, 1858
Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991
Eriocheir japonica (De Haan, 1835)
Eriocheir sinensis Milne-Edwards, 1853 Chinese mitten crab
Gaetice depressus (De Haan, 1833 [in De Haan, 1833-1850])
Helice epicure Ng, Naruse & Shih, 2018
Helice formosensis Rathbun, 1931
Helice leachi Hess, 1865
Helice tridens (De Haan, 1835)
Hemigrapsus crassimanus Dana, 1851
Hemigrapsus crenulatus (Milne Edwards, 1837) Hairy-handed shore crab
Hemigrapsus longitarsis (Miers, 1879)
Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana, 1851) Purple shore crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis (Dana, 1851) Yellow shore crab
Hemigrapsus penicillatus (De Haan, 1835) Japanese shore crab
Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan, 1853) Asian shore crab
Hemigrapsus sexdentatus (Milne Edwards, 1837)
Hemigrapsus sinensis Rathbun, 1929
Metaplax elegans de Man, 1888 Orange signaller crab
Metaplax indica Milne Edwards, 1852
Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858
Metaplax tredecim Tweedie, 1950
Neoeriocheir leptognathus (Rathbun, 1913)
Neohelice granulata (Dana, 1851)
Orcovita mcneiceae Ng & Ng, 2002
Parahelice georgei (Clark, 1987)
Parahelice pilimana (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Pseudograpsus albus Stimpson, 1858
Pseudograpsus elongatus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Pseudograpsus setosus (Fabricius, 1798)
Pseudohelice subquadrata (Dana, 1851)
Ptychognathus altimanus (Rathbun, 1914)
Ptychognathus barbatus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Ptychognathus crassimanus Finnegan, 1931
Ptychognathus easteranus Rathbun, 1907
Ptychognathus hachijoensis Sakai, 1955
Ptychognathus intermedius de Man, 1879
Ptychognathus ishii Sakai, 1939
Ptychognathus johannae Rathbun, 1914
Ptychognathus pusillus Heller, 1865
Ptychognathus sakaii Hsu, Shih & Li, 2022
Sestrostoma toriumii (Takeda, 1974)
Utica barbimana Milne-Edwards, 1873
Utica glabra Milne-Edwards, 1873
Xenograpsus ngatama McLay, 2007
Xenograpsus testudinatus Ng, Huang & Ho, 2000
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