MacLeay, 1838
Front usually strongly deflexed. Orbit at or very near the exorbital angles, divided into two fossae. Antennal flagellum very short. Generally a wide rhomboidal gap between the third maxilliped. Exopodite of third maxilliped either very slender or very broad, with a flagellum. Merus of third maxilliped not traversed by an oblique hairy ridge; palp articulating at or near the antero-external angle of merus. Male abdomen generally filling the whole space between the last pairs of legs. (Guinot 1998)
Genera treated:
genus Geograpsus Stimpson, 1858
genus Grapsus Lamarck, 1801
genus Ilyograpsus Barnard, 1955
genus Metopograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853
genus Pachygrapsus Randall, 1840
genus Planes Bowdich, 1825