Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858

Ferreira, Luciane Augusto De Azevedo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2016, Porcelain crabs from Brazil (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), Zootaxa 4092 (2), pp. 175-194 : 176

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6074860

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B887D2-3E7E-FFCE-FF2F-E7FB68FF9FC1

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scientific name

Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858
status

 

Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL

Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858: 228 . Porcellanides Nobili, 1901: 21 .

Porcellanopsis Rathbun, 1910: 601 . Pisonella Glassell, 1938: 436.

Type-species. Megalobrachium granuliferum Stimpson, 1858 [by original designation].

Key to species known from Brazil

1. Lateral margins of carapace with row of 3 or 4 teeth. Telson composed of 5 plates........................ M. soriatum View in CoL

- Lateral margins of carapace with crenulate crest. Telson composed of 7 plates.................................... 2

2. Carapace rounded. Walking legs slender, propodus with 5 spines on flexor margin...................... M. mortenseni View in CoL

- Carapace subtriangular. Walking legs robust, propodus with 2 spines on flexor margin...................... M. roseum View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Porcellanidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Porcellanidae

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