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 Xanthoidea > Family Xanthidae > Subfamily Xanthinae > Genus Macromedaeus

Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macromedaeus*	Ward, 1942	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cancer (Xantho) 5-dentatus*	Krauss, 1843	synonym
*Leptodius euglyptus*	(Alcock, 1898)	synonym
*Xantho (Leptodius) euglyptus*	Alcock, 1898	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Taylor, J. D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 260:173-213.
additional source	Galil, B.S.; Vannini, M. (1990`). Research on the coast of Somalia. Xanthidae, Trapeziidae, Carpiliidae, Menippidae (Crustacea Brachyura). Tropical Zoology. 3(1): 21–56.
additional source	Fourmanoir, P. (1954). Crabes de la cote ouest de Madagascar. Le Naturaliste Malgache VI, Fasc. 1/2. 16 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843). 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:209084