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Macromedaeus

Macromedaeus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:Macromedaeus crassimanus Macromedaeus demani Macromedaeus distinguendus Macromedaeus nudipes Macromedaeus quinquedentatus Macromedaeus voeltzkowi

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Macromedaeus
Macromedaeus nudipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Macromedaeus
Ward, 1942

Macromedaeus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:1

  • Macromedaeus crassimanus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
  • Macromedaeus demani (Odhner, 1925)
  • Macromedaeus distinguendus (De Haan, 1835)
  • Macromedaeus nudipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
  • Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843)
  • Macromedaeus voeltzkowi (Lenz, 1905)
References

References

  1. 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.