Ocypode macrocera
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date: 2026-08-01
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subject: Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444988 on 2026-08-01
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scientific name: Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
class: Malacostraca
family: Ocypodidae
genus: Ocypode
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.
name published in: Prem Kumar, V.K. (1964). A new species of sandcrab of the genus Ocypoda Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), from the Coromandel Coast, India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta. 17(2): 153-157, Pl. 4.
name published in year: 1834–1840
name published in year: 1964
order: Decapoda
parent name usage ID: 106970
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: H. Milne Edwards, 1837
specific epithet: macrocera
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted