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BPBM 15327Invertebrate Zoology
Metopograpsus messor
Purple Estuarine Rock Crab
As recorded: Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Grapsidae
- Collected by
- S.L. Coles, R.C. DeFelice, L.G. EldridgeStephen L. Coles →Ralph C. DeFelice →Lucius Eldridge →
- Locality
- Maunalua Bay; Marina Floating Dock
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- United States
- Coordinates
- 21.2872, -157.7030
- Depth
- 1 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Cite this specimen
Metopograpsus messor. BPBM 15327. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 1090246417. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/15327.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 1090246417 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched to the GBIF backbone only approximately
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