Genus Megametope Filhol, 1886
- Megametope Filhol, H. 1886. In Receuil, Memoires, Rapports et documents relatifs à la observations du passage de Venus sur le Soleil. Catalogue of Crustacea of New Zealand, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Zoology 3(2): 349-510, Atlas, 3 pls 38-55 [373] [gender masculine].
Type species:
Xantho rotundifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834 by monotypy. - Gabrielia McCulloch, A.R. 1908. Studies in Australian Crustacea. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 7(1): 51-59 pl. 12 [54] [gender feminine].
Type species:
Lioxantho haswelli Fulton & Grant, 1906 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McNeill, F.A. 1926. Studies in Australian Carcinology. No 2. A revision of the family Mictyridae, the status and synonymy of the genus Megametope and its contained species. Records of the Australian Museum 15(1): 100-131 4 figs pls 9, 10 [129]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand and Japan.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |