Macrophthalmus

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Macrophthalmus
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Macrophthalmidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Macrophthalmus
Desmarest, 1823
Type species

Latreille, 1817
Macrophthalmus latreillei, a Pleistocene sentinel crab from northern Australia.

Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific.[1] It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera):[2]

Subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858
Subgenus Euplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Hemiplax Heller, 1865
  • Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Subgenus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
  • Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Wada & K. Sakai, 1989
  • (Herbst, 1804)
  • Sakai, 1969
  • Nobili, 1906
  • Stimpson, 1858
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Barnes, 1971
  • Serène, 1971
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Tesch, 1915
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Borradaile, 1902
  • Tweedie, 1937
  • Nagai, Watanabe & Naruse, 2006
  • Crosnier, 1965
  • Guérin, 1834
  • Serène, 1971
  • Rathbun, 1907
  • Takeda & Komai, 1991
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Owen, 1839
  • Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • (Latreille, 1817)
Subgenus Mareotis Barnes, 1967
  • Barnes, 1966
  • Rathbun, 1913
  • Adams & White, 1849
  • Rüppell, 1830
  • Tai & Song, 1984
  • (De Haan, 1835)
  • ? A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Dana, 1851
  • Kemp, 1919
  • Pretzmann, 1974
  • Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Paramareotis Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
Subgenus Tasmanoplax Barnes, 1967
  • Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Venitus Barnes, 1967
  • Serène, 1971
  • Lucas in Guérin-Méneville, 1836
  • Kemp, 1915
  • (Desmarest, 1822)
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Adams & White, 1849
  • Serène, 1971

References[]

  1. ^ M. A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou; M. Corsini-Foka & M. Naletaki (2010). "Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae): a new Indo-Pacific guest off Rhodes Island (SE Aegean Sea, Greece)" (PDF). Mediterranean Marine Science. 11 (1): in press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23.
  2. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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