Macrophthalmus

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Macrophthalmus
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Macrophthalmus japonicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Macrophthalmidae
Subfamily: Macrophthalminae
Genus: Macrophthalmus
Desmarest, 1823
Type species
Goneplax transversus
Latreille, 1817
Macrophthalmus latreillei, a Pleistocene sentinel crab from northern Australia. Macrophthalmus latreillei Pleistocene.jpg
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] Species in this genus are often referred to as sentinel crabs.

Subgenus ChaenostomaStimpson, 1858
Subgenus EuplaxH. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus HemiplaxHeller, 1865
Subgenus MacrophthalmusDesmarest, 1823
Subgenus MareotisBarnes, 1967
Subgenus ParamareotisKomai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
Subgenus TasmanoplaxBarnes, 1967
Subgenus VenitusBarnes, 1967

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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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