WoRMS name details

Macrophthalmus travancorensis Pillai, 1951

453862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:453862)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Thoracotremata (Subsection)
  14. Ocypodoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Macrophthalmidae (Family)
  16. Macrophthalminae (Subfamily)
  17. Macrophthalmus (Genus)
  18. Macrophthalmus travancorensis (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) brevis (Herbst, 1804)
Species
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
PIllai, N.K. (1951). Decapoda (Brachyura) from Travancore. <em>Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, Trivandrum, ser. C (Natural Science).</em> 2(1): 1–46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka  
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Macrophthalmus travancorensis Pillai, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=453862 on 2026-08-15
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2010-02-10 15:10:57Z
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Davie, Peter
2010-02-25 15:41:33Z
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Davie, Peter
2019-07-16 12:48:05Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2020-03-18 13:51:10Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-04-10 13:09:28Z
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De Grave, Sammy
2022-09-29 08:11:16Z
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De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description PIllai, N.K. (1951). Decapoda (Brachyura) from Travancore. <em>Bulletin of the Central Research Institute, University of Travancore, Trivandrum, ser. C (Natural Science).</em> 2(1): 1–46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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