DecaNet name details
Megalopa Cranchii Leach, 1818
1437299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1437299)
uncertain > nomen dubium (larval form with no known adult link)
Species
Megalopa Leach, 1814 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Leach, W.E. (1817-1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. [pp. 407–419, 1 pl.]. In: Tuckey, J. K., Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N., to Which is Added, the Journal of Professor Smith, Some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants, and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo Through Which the Zaire Flows. John Murray, London. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Megalopa Cranchii Leach, 1818. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1437299 on 2025-04-05
original description
Leach, W.E. (1817-1818). A general notice of the animals taken by Mr. John Cranch, during the expedition to explore the source of the River Zaire. [pp. 407–419, 1 pl.]. In: Tuckey, J. K., Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N., to Which is Added, the Journal of Professor Smith, Some General Observations on the Country and its Inhabitants, and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo Through Which the Zaire Flows. John Murray, London. (look up in IMIS) [details]