IRMNG - Megalopa Leach, 1814

IRMNG name details

Megalopa Leach, 1814

IRMNG_ID

1324645 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1324645)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Carcinus Leach, 1814

Rank

Genus

Parent

Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838

Direct children (1)

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Species Megalopa montagui Leach, 1817

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Brewster's Edin. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 431 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Carcinidae in De Grave et al., 2009.

Taxonomic remark Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Carcinidae in De Grave et al., 2009. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Megalopa Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1324645 on 2024-05-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-10-22 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Brewster's Edin. Ency., 7 (2)
page(s): 431 [details]

basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

source of synonymy Ng et al., 2008 [details]

source of synonymy WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

verified source for family De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

extant flag source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

habitat flag source as per synonymized taxon [details]

From other sources

Taxonomic remark Family given as Portunidae in WoRMS (Mar 2013), Carcinidae in De Grave et al., 2009. [details]

To WoRMS