Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Goneplacoidea > Family Euryplacidae

Machaerus Leach, 1818

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Machaerus atlanticus (Miers, 1881)

Literature

original description	Leach, W.E. (1817-1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. [pp. 407–419, 1 pl.]. In: Tuckey, J. K., Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N., to Which is Added, the Journal of Professor Smith, Some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants, and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo Through Which the Zaire Flows. John Murray, London.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Machaerus Leach, 1818. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106887