Decapoda - Brachyura - Macrophthalmidae - Macrophthalmus

Macrophthalmus grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867



World Distribution
MASDEA/AfReMas (Internet) - Red Sea, Eastern Africa, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar. Also Comoros (Mayotte).
South Africa in Emmerson.

Environnement : Brackish - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Intertidal - Min-Max observed: 0-5 m

Mayotte data
Macrophthalmus grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
Material examined — See Bouchard et al., 2013: 37, fig. 31 - Mayotte KUW 2009, st. 1, 7 MM 6.2 x 13.3 mm, 8.0 x 16.5 mm, 1 F 6.1 x 12.0 mm, 1 F ov. 9.0 x 18.6 mm, MNHN B32077, MNHN-IU-2009-996.
Geographic and depth ranges — WIO. Red Sea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mayotte (this work), South Africa, Madagascar; lower intertidal.

Réunion data
Macrophthalmus parvimanus - A. Milne-Edwards, 1862, annexe F : 6 (Réunion, coll. Maillard). - Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) parvimanus - Ng et al., 2008 : 237 (Liste à jour des noms valides).

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

This species in Worms Database