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Macrophthalmus
Macrophthalmus japonicus
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Macrophthalmus

Desmarest, 1823
Type species
Goneplax transversus
Latreille, 1817
Macrophthalmus latreillei, a Pleistocene sentinel crab from northern Australia.

Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific.[1] It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera):[2]

Subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858
Subgenus Euplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Hemiplax Heller, 1865
Subgenus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
Subgenus Mareotis Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Paramareotis Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
Subgenus Tasmanoplax Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Venitus Barnes, 1967

References

  1. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)