Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific.[1] It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera):[2] Species in this genus are often referred to as sentinel crabs.
| Macrophthalmus | |
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| Macrophthalmus japonicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Macrophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Macrophthalminae |
| Genus: | Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823 |
| Type species | |
| Goneplax transversus Latreille, 1817
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- 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
References
edit- ^ M. A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou; M. Corsini-Foka & M. Naletaki (2010). "Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne Edwards, 1873 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae): a new Indo-Pacific guest off Rhodes Island (SE Aegean Sea, Greece)" (PDF). Mediterranean Marine Science. 11 (1): in press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23.
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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