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 Thoracotremata > Superfamily Ocypodoidea > Family Macrophthalmidae > Subfamily Macrophthalminae

Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

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Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) Desmarest, 1823

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 Japanese: オサガニ属

Literature

original description

Desmarest, A.G. (1823). Malacostracés. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d´après l´état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement à l´utilité qu´en peuvent retirer la médecine, l´agriculture, le commerce et les artes. Suivi d´une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes ... Strasbourg, Paris. Vol. 28, Pages 138-425.

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

Crosnier, A. (1965). Crustaces Decapodes. Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar. 18: 1-143.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823. 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:106969

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2021-03-03 by Sammy De Grave

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