Geograpsus grayi
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Land crabSubfossilGrapsidaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian IslandsLocation found: Kalaeloa, Oahu, Hawaiian IslandsPictured here are end pieces of claws and legs.Subfossils of Geograpsus grayi, still extant in the Indian and Pacific oceans, are much rarer to find than Geograpsus severnsi, which is endemic but now extinct. www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/5126880848/G. grayi still lives in the Hawaiian Islands but apparently is very rare.journals.plos.org/plosone/article/asset?id=10.1371%2Fjour...
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