Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858

Castro, Peter, 2011, Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands 2947, Zootaxa 2947 (1), pp. 1-154 : 122

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2947.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5291338
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B55987C1-FF9F-FFF2-FF30-9A66FD59DEDB
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scientific name	Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858
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Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL

Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, 1858b: 97 View in CoL [type locality: Loo Choo (=Ryukyu Is.); type material presumed lost].

Hawaiian Is. records:

Macrophthalmus inermis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867: 286 View in CoL [type localities: îles “ Sandwich ,” New Caledonia; syntypes: MNHN-B12613, 10972].

Macrophthalmus inermis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 View in CoL —A. Milne-Edwards 1873b: 277, pl. 12, fig. 5 [Îles “Sandwich”]. — Rathbun 1906: 834 [Milne Edward’s record]. — Edmondson 1946: 312 [Milne Edward’s record].

Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL — Edmondson 1962b: 21, figs. 9, 10a [Milne Edward’s record]. — Poupin 1997a: 163, figs. 1 C, D, 3 C–E, 4–6 [type material of M. inermis View in CoL from H.I.].

Remarks. Junior synonym described in part from the Hawaiian Is. but no subsequent records are known from the archipelago.

Taxonomy. Poupin (1997a), Barnes (2010)

Geographical distribution. Eastern Indian and western Pacific oceans, Hawaiian Is.

Habitat. Soft sediments in the low intertidal.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Macrophthalmidae
Genus	Macrophthalmus