Species Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858
- Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, W. 1858. Crustacea Ocypodoidea: Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars V. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: 93-110 [page numbers 39–56 on separate reprint] [97].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (believed to be no longer extant), Ryukyu Archipelago (as 'Loo Choo Isles'). - Macrophthalmus inermis Milne Edwards, A. 1867. Descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles de Crustacés Brachyures. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 7: 263-288 [286].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Hawai'ian Islands (as Sandwich Ils) and New Caledonia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Barnes, R.S.K. 1967. The Macrophthalminae of Australasia; with a review of the evolution and morphological diversity of the type genus Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 31(2): 195-262 figs 1-16 pls 1-4 [211]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific Oceans (west coast of Thailand east to Japan, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia).
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Burrower, low intertidal, mangrove, mud-flats.
General References
Poupin, J. 1997. Les Macrophthalmus de Polynésie française (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 19(1): 159-176 [163] (recognises two 'forms', a typical, and an Indo-Malaysian form, the latter being found in Australia)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Jun-2012 | 05-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Mar-2012 | 26-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-Oct-2011 | 03-Oct-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |