Annotated type-catalogue of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part II. Gecarcinidae and Grapsidae (Thoracotremata, Grapsoidea), with an Appendix of pre- 1900 collectors Author Ng, Ngan Kee Author Rodríguez Moreno, Paula A. Author Naruse, Tohru Author Guinot, Danièle Author Mollaret, Noémy text Zoosystema 2019 2019-03-26 41 7 91 130 journal article 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a7 d58d0d44-7889-4739-9e2d-b1a0bc9780b9 1638-9387 3722522 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:65E3A0BD-2AAD-4E12-9CB0-73C974BFCE65 Grapsus pharaonis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 ( Fig. 5B ) Grapsus pharaonis H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 134 [168]. CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Junior subjective synonym of Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783) (see Banerjee 1960: 134 ). LECTOTYPE (by present designation). — MNHN-IU-2000-3439 (= MNHN-B3439 ), ♂ 55.0 × 57.4 mm , Red Sea , coll. M. Roux. — Original label: “ Grapsus pharaonis Edw. , Mer Rouge , M. Roux ”. PRESERVATION OF THE LECTOTYPE . — Dry. PARALECTOTYPES . — MNHN-IU-2000-3438 (= MNHN-B3438), 2♀ 58.3 × 59.5 mm , 60.2 × 60.9 mm , same data as lectotype . PRESERVATION OF THE PARALECTOTYPES . — Dry. REMARKS “M. Roux” on the label is J. L. F. P. Roux who collected material in the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and in the Near East ( Bauchot et al. 1990 ; Appendix) and published the volume Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son littoral, décrits et lithographiés ( Roux 1828 -1830). Grapsus pharaonis was synonimised with Grapsus grapsus ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) by A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900: 111) and, subsequently, with Grapsus tenuicrustatus (Herbst, 1783) by Banerjee (1960) , see Ng et al. 2008: 217 . In the CAA, material collected by Roux in the Red Sea has 1835 as entry date.