Marine Species Traits - Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843)

ERMS taxon details

Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843)

AphiaID

209084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209084)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Macromedaeus Ward, 1942

Original name

Cancer (Xantho) 5-dentatus Krauss, 1843

Synonymised names

Leptodius euglyptus (Alcock, 1898) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Krauss, F. (1843). Die Südafrikanischen Crustaceen. Eine Zusammenstellung aller bekannten Malacostraca, Bemerkungen über deren Lebensweise und geographische Verbreitung, nebst Beschrwibung und Abbildung mehrer neuen Arten.Schweizerbartsche, Stuttgart, 68 pp, 4 pls. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209084 on 2025-06-04

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843). Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209084 on 2025-06-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-06-07 07:51:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-25 15:57:43Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2022-04-04 18:41:20Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Krauss, F. (1843). Die Südafrikanischen Crustaceen. Eine Zusammenstellung aller bekannten Malacostraca, Bemerkungen über deren Lebensweise und geographische Verbreitung, nebst Beschrwibung und Abbildung mehrer neuen Arten.Schweizerbartsche, Stuttgart, 68 pp, 4 pls. [details]

basis of record Taylor, J. D. (1971). Intertidal Zonation at Aldabra Atoll. <em>Phil. Trns. Roy. Soc. Lond. B.</em> 260:173-213. [details]

additional source Fourmanoir, P. (1954). Crabes de la cote ouest de Madagascar. Le Naturaliste Malgache VI, Fasc. 1/2. 16 pp. [details]

additional source Galil, B.S.; Vannini, M. (1990`). Research on the coast of Somalia. Xanthidae, Trapeziidae, Carpiliidae, Menippidae (Crustacea Brachyura). <em>Tropical Zoology.</em> 3(1): 21–56. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptodius euglyptus (Alcock, 1898))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macromedaeus quinquedentatus)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Leptodius euglyptus (Alcock, 1898))
To ITIS