Decapoda - Brachyura - Grapsidae - Metopograpsus

Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)

4 Illustration(s)

World Distribution
Sakai (Crabs of Japan) - India - Kolak and Umarsadi (Chhapgar, 1957); Sri Lanka; Mergui Archipelago (Alcock, 1900b); Japan - Iriomote-jima (Sakai, 1980, 1983), Okukubi River, Okinawa (Shokita et al., 1998), Ginowan, Okinawa (Shokita et al., 2000); China - Hainan Island (Dai & Song, 1977, Dai & Yang, 1991); Thailand - Songkhla (Lanchester, 1902); Singapore; Indonesia - Ambon (de Man, 1888d), Sorong, Irian Jaya (Rathbun, 1910b), Bay of Bima, Donggala, and Buru (Tesch, 1918a); New Guinea (Nobili, 1905); New Caledonia (A. Milne Edwards, 1867).

Environnement : Marine & Land - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Land & Freshwater - Min-Max observed: 0-1 m

New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Edwards AM, Nouv Arch MNHN 8 (Metopograpsus pictus): 229-267

Metopograpsus pictus [Junior subjective synonym of Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847)] - Ng et al., 2019 (Zoosystema): 116,LECTOTYPE (by inference of holotype by Davie (2002: 217). — MZUT, Cr. 1026, New Caledonia. PARALECTOTYPES. — MNHN-IU-2000-3573 (= MNHN-B3573), 1 male 28.2 × 31.8 mm, New Caledonia. — Original label: “Metopograpsus pictus A. M. Edw., cat. du Muséum 225-63, Nelle Calédonie”. — MNHN-IU-2000-10893 (= MNHN-B10893), 1 male 24.2 × 28.1 mm, 1 female 24.4 × 24.9 mm, Nlle Calédonie, M. Beaudouin; “369-65” is written with Chinese ink directly on the carapaces of both specimens. — MNHN-IU-2000-3572 (= MNHN-B3572), 1 male 17.2 × 20.6 mm, New Caledonia, coll. Beaudouin.
Guinot et al., 2013: 285, Metopograpsus latifrons (White, 1847), male 28.8 × 32.8 mm, type series of M. pictus A. Milne-Edwards, probably New Caledonia (MNHN-B12882)

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