WoRMS name details
Megalops Leach, 1814
1583299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1583299)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Megalopa Leach, 1814 accepted as Carcinus Leach, 1814
Genus
Cancer granarius Herbst, 1783 accepted as Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Megalops armata Leach, 1815 accepted as Megalopa armata Leach, 1815 accepted as Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of genus name)
- Species Megalops montaguii Leach, 1817 accepted as Megalopa montagui Leach, 1817 accepted as Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of genus name)
- Species Megalops mutica Desmarest, 1825 accepted as Megalopa mutica Desmarest, 1825 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling of genus name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Megalopa Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Megalops Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1583299 on 2024-04-24
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(of Megalopa Leach, 1814) Leach, W.E. (1813-1815). Crustaceology. <em>In: Brewster, D. (ed.), The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Balfour, Edinburgh, vol. 7(1): 383–384 [1813], 7(2): 385–437, 765–766 [1814], 9(1): pl. CCXXI [1815].</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37187640 [details]
basis of record Milne Edwards, H. (1834-1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris; vol I (1834): i-xxxv + 1-468, vol. II (1837): 2: 1-532, vol. III (1840): 1-638, pls. 1–42. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
basis of record Milne Edwards, H. (1834-1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris; vol I (1834): i-xxxv + 1-468, vol. II (1837): 2: 1-532, vol. III (1840): 1-638, pls. 1–42. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
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