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Macropodia

Macropodia is a genus of crabs, belonging to the family Inachidae. It contains the following species:Macropodia cirripilus Kensley, 1980 Macropodia czernjawskii Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978 Macropodia doracis Manning & Holthuis, 1981 Macropodia falcifera Macropodia formosa Rathbun, 1911 Macropodia gilsoni Macropodia hesperiae Manning & Holthuis, 1981 Macropodia intermedia Bouvier, 1940 Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey Alvarez, 1964 Macropodia longicornis A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899 Macropodia longirostris Macropodia macrocheles Macropodia rostrata Macropodia straeleni Capart, 1951 Macropodia tenuirostris Macropodia trigonus Richer de Forges, 1993

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Macropodia
Macropodia rostrata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Inachidae
Genus: Macropodia
Leach, 1814
Species

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Macropodia is a genus of crabs, belonging to the family Inachidae.1 It contains the following species:2

  • Macropodia cirripilus Kensley, 1980
  • Macropodia czernjawskii (Brandt, 1880)
  • Macropodia deflexa Forest, 1978
  • Macropodia doracis Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Macropodia falcifera (Stimpson, 1857)
  • Macropodia formosa Rathbun, 1911
  • Macropodia gilsoni (Capart, 1951)
  • Macropodia hesperiae Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Macropodia intermedia Bouvier, 1940
  • Macropodia linaresi Forest & Zariquiey Alvarez, 1964
  • Macropodia longicornis A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1899
  • Macropodia longirostris (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Macropodia macrocheles (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898)
  • Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Macropodia straeleni Capart, 1951
  • Macropodia tenuirostris (Leach, 1814)
  • Macropodia trigonus Richer de Forges, 1993
References

References

  1. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
  2. De Grave, Sammy (2022). "Macropodia Leach, 1814". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 October 2024.