WoRMS taxon details
Hemiplax Heller, 1865
558098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558098)
accepted
Genus
Metaplax hirtipes Heller, 1862 accepted as Hemiplax hirtipes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (type by monotypy)
Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) Heller, 1865 · unaccepted (superceded status)
- Species Hemiplax hirtipes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
- Species Hemiplax boteltobagoe Sakai, 1939 accepted as Macrophthalmus (Paramareotis) boteltobagoe (Sakai, 1939) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Hemiplax hirtipes (Heller, 1862) accepted as Hemiplax hirtipes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also junior secondary homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Hemiplax Heller, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558098 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
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Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]
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Tsang, C. T.; Schubart, C. D.; Chu, K. H.; Ng, P. K.; Tsang, L. M. (2022). Molecular phylogeny of Thoracotremata crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura): Toward adopting monophyletic superfamilies, invasion history into terrestrial habitats and multiple origins of symbiosis. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 177., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107596 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
