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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Megametope rotundifrons (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

444296  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444296)

  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. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Xanthoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Xanthidae (Family)
  16. Xanthinae (Subfamily)
  17. Megametope (Genus)
  18. Megametope rotundifrons (Species)
accepted
Species
Xantho rotundifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Xantho rotundifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Megametope rotundifrons (H. Milne Edwards, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444296 on 2025-04-12
Date
action
by
2009-12-17 14:15:58Z
created
Davie, Peter
2022-04-05 16:06:07Z
changed
De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Xantho rotundifrons H. Milne Edwards, 1834) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details] 

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