WoRMS taxon details
Metagrapsus curvatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
241205 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:241205)
accepted
Species
Grapsus (Sesarma) violacea Herklots, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metagrapsus pectinatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sesarma curvata H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sesarma curvata H. Milne Edwards, 1837) 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. (2026). DecaNet. Metagrapsus curvatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=241205 on 2026-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Metagrapsus pectinatus H. Milne Edwards, 1853) Milne Edwards, H. (1853-1854). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 4-13 [163-192, pls 4-5 published Dec 1853; 193-228, pls 6-13 published Jan 1854; see Clark, 2025). [details] 
original description (of Sesarma curvata H. Milne Edwards, 1837) 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]
original description (of Grapsus (Sesarma) violacea Herklots, 1851) Herklots, J. A. (1851). Specimen zoographicum inaugurale, continens additamenta ad faunam carcinologicam Africae occidentalis, sive descriptiones specierum novarum e crustaceorum ordine, quas in Guinea collegit vir strenuus H. S. Pel. J. W. van Leeuwen, Lugduni-Batavorum, [ii] + 28 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13313 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Milne Edwards, H. (1853-1854). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 4-13 [163-192, pls 4-5 published Dec 1853; 193-228, pls 6-13 published Jan 1854; see Clark, 2025). [details]
original description (of Sesarma curvata H. Milne Edwards, 1837) 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]
original description (of Grapsus (Sesarma) violacea Herklots, 1851) Herklots, J. A. (1851). Specimen zoographicum inaugurale, continens additamenta ad faunam carcinologicam Africae occidentalis, sive descriptiones specierum novarum e crustaceorum ordine, quas in Guinea collegit vir strenuus H. S. Pel. J. W. van Leeuwen, Lugduni-Batavorum, [ii] + 28 pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13313 [details]
basis of record Charles H.J.M. Fransen (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Milne Edwards, H. (1853-1854). Mémoire sur la famille des ocypodiens. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3rd series.</em> 20: 163-228, pls. 4-13 [163-192, pls 4-5 published Dec 1853; 193-228, pls 6-13 published Jan 1854; see Clark, 2025). [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
