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 Leucosioidea > Family Leucosiidae > Subfamily Ebaliinae > Genus Merocryptus

Merocryptus boletifer A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Merocryptus*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1873	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Merocryptus obsoletus*	A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898	synonym

Literature

original description	Milne-Edwards, A.; Bouvier, E.-L. (1894). Crustacés décapodes provenant des campagnes du yacht l'Hirondelle (1886, 1887, 1888). I. Brachyures et Anomoures. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accompliés sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco. 7: 3-112, pls. 1-11.
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

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Merocryptus boletifer A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1894. 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:107307