Macrophthalmus
Encyclopedia
Macrophthalmus is a genus
of crab
s which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific
. It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera
):
Subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858
Subgenus Euplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Hemiplax Heller, 1865
Subgenus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
Subgenus Mareotis Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Paramareotis Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
Subgenus Tasmanoplax Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Venitus Barnes, 1967
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia...
. It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera
Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...
):
Subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858
- Macrophthalmus boscii Audouin, 1826
- Macrophthalmus dentatus Stimpson, 1858
- Macrophthalmus punctulatus Miers, 1884
Subgenus Euplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmus leptophthalmus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1852)
- Macrophthalmus dagohoyi Mendoza & Ng, 2007
Subgenus Hemiplax Heller, 1865
- Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Subgenus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
- Macrophthalmus abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Macrophthalmus banzai Wada & K. Sakai, 1989
- Macrophthalmus brevis (Herbst, 1804)
- Macrophthalmus ceratophorus Sakai, 1969
- Macrophthalmus consobrinus Nobili, 1906
- Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, 1858
- Macrophthalmus crassipes H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmus darwinensis Barnes, 1971
- Macrophthalmus gallardoi Serène, 1971
- Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Macrophthalmus grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Macrophthalmus hilgendorfi Tesch, 1915
- Macrophthalmus laevimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmus latipes Borradaile, 1902
- Macrophthalmus malaccensis Tweedie, 1937
- Macrophthalmus microfylacas Nagai, Watanabe & Naruse, 2006
- Macrophthalmus milloti Crosnier, 1965
- Macrophthalmus parvimanus Guérin, 1834
- Macrophthalmus philippinensis Serène, 1971
- Macrophthalmus sandakani Rathbun, 1907
- Macrophthalmus serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991
- Macrophthalmus sulcatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmus telescopicus Owen, 1839
- Macrophthalmus tomentosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
- Macrophthalmus transversus (Latreille, 1817)
Subgenus Mareotis Barnes, 1967
- Macrophthalmus abercrombiei Barnes, 1966
- Macrophthalmus crinitus Rathbun, 1913
- Macrophthalmus definitus Adams & White, 1849
- Macrophthalmus depressus Rüppell, 1830
- Macrophthalmus frequens Tai & Song, 1984
- Macrophthalmus japonicus (De Haan, 1835)
- ?Macrophthalmus laevis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
- Macrophthalmus pacificus Dana, 1851
- Macrophthalmus teschi Kemp, 1919
- Macrophthalmus tjiljapensis Pretzmann, 1974
- Macrophthalmus tomentosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
- Macrophthalmus setosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Paramareotis Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
- Macrophthalmus boteltobagoe Sakai, 1939
- Macrophthalmus erato De Man, 1888
- Macrophthalmus holthuisi Serène, 1973
- Macrophthalmus quadratus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Subgenus Tasmanoplax Barnes, 1967
- Macrophthalmus latifrons Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Venitus Barnes, 1967
- Macrophthalmus barnesi Serène, 1971
- Macrophthalmus dentipes Lucas in Guérin-Méneville, 1836
- Macrophthalmus gastrodes Kemp, 1915
- Macrophthalmus latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)
- Macrophthalmus leptophthalmus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmus serratus Adams & White, 1849
- Macrophthalmus vietnamensis Serène, 1971