Marine Species Traits - Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904

WoRMS taxon details

Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904

AphiaID

441037 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:441037)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Hexaplax Doflein, 1904

Parent

Hexaplax Doflein, 1904

Original name

Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Doflein, F. (1904). Brachyura. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdivia' 1898–1899. Band VI. Gustav Fischer, Jena, xiv + 314 pp., 58 pls. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Hexaplax megalops Doflein, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=441037 on 2025-06-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 14:15:58Z

created

Davie, Peter

2022-03-17 06:23:33Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Doflein, F. (1904). Brachyura. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer 'Valdivia' 1898–1899. Band VI. Gustav Fischer, Jena, xiv + 314 pp., 58 pls. [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	メダマムツアシガニ	[details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)