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 varius Latreille, 1803 ( Fig. 7H ) Grapsus varius Latreille, 1803: 67 . Grapsus Varius – Risso 1816: 21 . CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Junior subjective synonym of Pachygrapsus marmoratus ( Fabricius, 1787 ) (see Latreille 1829: 52 ; A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1900: 109). NEOTYPE (by present designation). — MNHN-IU-2000-3526 (= MNHN-B3526 ), ♂ 24.0 × 27.1 mm , Mediterranean Sea. — Original label: “ Leptograpsus marmoratus Fabr., Méditerranée ”. PRESERVATION. — Dry. RP5 missing. REMARKS Latreille (1803: 67 , 68, and footnote) stated the material was given to him by a young naturalist, Marcel Serres, who had collected it near Montpellier, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; and the species closely resembled Cancer marmoratus ( Fabricius, 1787 ) . Henri Milne Edwards (1837: 88) examined the material deposited in the MNHN collection, noting this species was very common along the rocky areas of Bretagne ( Brittany ), France , Italy , etc. Alphonse Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900: 109) synonymised Grapsus varius with Pachygrapsus marmoratus Fabricius, 1787 , the type locality of which is unknown ( Fabricius 1787: 319 ). From the original sample MNHN-B3526, with one male and one female, from the Mediterranean Sea, the male is hereby selected as the neotype of Grapsus varius Latreille, 1803 , MNHN-IU-2000-3526 (= MNHN-B3526). The female is registered as MNHN-IU-2000-1108 (= MNHN-B3526).