WoRMS taxon details
Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775)
207536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207536)
accepted
Species
Cancer messor Forskål, 1775 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Eurycarcinus messor (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Grapsus (Pachygrapsus) aethiopicus Hilgendorf, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grapsus gaimardi Audouin, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Grapsus messor (Forskål, 1775) · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Variety Metopograpsus messor var. frontalis Miers, 1880 accepted as Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Metopograpsus messor var. gracilipes De Man, 1891 accepted as Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer messor Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details] 
Description Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958).
Description Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207536 on 2024-04-18
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
(of Cancer messor Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 [details]
original description (of Grapsus (Pachygrapsus) aethiopicus Hilgendorf, 1869) Hilgendorf, F. (1869). Crustaceen. In: Baron Carl Claus Von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859–1865. Herausgegeben im Auftrage der Mutter des Reisenden Fürstin Adelheid von Pless. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band. Erste Abtheilung. C. F. Winter'sche, Leipzig und Heidelberg, pp. 69–116, 147, pls. 1–6. [details]
original description (of Grapsus gaimardi Audouin, 1826) Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches de Crustacés de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, publiées par Jules-César Savigny, membre de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres, avec la distinction des espèces. In: Savigny, J.C., Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publiée par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. <em>Histoire naturelle. Imprimerie impériale, Paris. Animaux invertébrés.</em> 1(4): 77-98, pls. 1-13. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG. & Mak PMS. (1982). Studies on biofouling in Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp 767-787. [details]
basis of record Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Grapsus (Pachygrapsus) aethiopicus Hilgendorf, 1869) Hilgendorf, F. (1869). Crustaceen. In: Baron Carl Claus Von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859–1865. Herausgegeben im Auftrage der Mutter des Reisenden Fürstin Adelheid von Pless. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band. Erste Abtheilung. C. F. Winter'sche, Leipzig und Heidelberg, pp. 69–116, 147, pls. 1–6. [details]
original description (of Grapsus gaimardi Audouin, 1826) Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches de Crustacés de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, publiées par Jules-César Savigny, membre de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres, avec la distinction des espèces. In: Savigny, J.C., Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publiée par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. <em>Histoire naturelle. Imprimerie impériale, Paris. Animaux invertébrés.</em> 1(4): 77-98, pls. 1-13. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG. & Mak PMS. (1982). Studies on biofouling in Tolo Harbour. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: pp 767-787. [details]
basis of record Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Tropical Indo-Pacific, also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). [details]Remark A number of (eastern Indian Ocean?) records for this species were based on incorrectly identified material due to confusion with M. hukuhar (Owen 1839) and M. frontalis Miers 1880 (Al-Ghais & Cooper, 1996). [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer messor Forskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (80 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer messor Forskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
