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Macrophthalmus

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Macrophthalmus
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Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific.[1] It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera):[2] Species in this genus are often referred to as sentinel crabs.

Subgenus Chaenostoma Stimpson, 1858
Subgenus Euplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Hemiplax Heller, 1865
Subgenus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823
  • Macrophthalmus abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Macrophthalmus banzai Wada & K. Sakai, 1989
  • Macrophthalmus brevis (Herbst, 1804)
  • Macrophthalmus ceratophorus Sakai, 1969
  • Macrophthalmus consobrinus Nobili, 1906
  • Macrophthalmus convexus Stimpson, 1858
  • Macrophthalmus crassipes H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Macrophthalmus darwinensis Barnes, 1971
  • Macrophthalmus gallardoi Serène, 1971
  • Macrophthalmus graeffei A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • Macrophthalmus grandidieri A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Macrophthalmus hilgendorfi Tesch, 1915
  • Macrophthalmus laevimanus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Macrophthalmus latipes Borradaile, 1902
  • Macrophthalmus malaccensis Tweedie, 1937
  • Macrophthalmus microfylacas Nagai, Watanabe & Naruse, 2006
  • Macrophthalmus milloti Crosnier, 1965
  • Macrophthalmus parvimanus Guérin, 1834
  • Macrophthalmus philippinensis Serène, 1971
  • Macrophthalmus sandakani Rathbun, 1907
  • Macrophthalmus serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991
  • Macrophthalmus sulcatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Macrophthalmus telescopicus Owen, 1839
  • Macrophthalmus tomentosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • Macrophthalmus transversus (Latreille, 1817)
Subgenus Mareotis Barnes, 1967
  • Macrophthalmus abercrombiei Barnes, 1966
  • Macrophthalmus crinitus Rathbun, 1913
  • Macrophthalmus definitus Adams & White, 1849
  • Macrophthalmus depressus Rüppell, 1830
  • Macrophthalmus frequens Tai & Song, 1984
  • Macrophthalmus japonicus (De Haan, 1835)
  • ?Macrophthalmus laevis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Macrophthalmus pacificus Dana, 1851
  • Macrophthalmus teschi Kemp, 1919
  • Macrophthalmus tjiljapensis Pretzmann, 1974
  • Macrophthalmus tomentosus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
  • Macrophthalmus setosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
Subgenus Paramareotis Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995
Subgenus Tasmanoplax Barnes, 1967
  • Macrophthalmus latifrons Barnes, 1967
Subgenus Venitus Barnes, 1967
  • Macrophthalmus barnesi Serène, 1971
  • Macrophthalmus dentipes Lucas in Guérin-Méneville, 1836
  • Macrophthalmus gastrodes Kemp, 1915
  • Macrophthalmus latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)
  • Macrophthalmus leptophthalmus H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Macrophthalmus serratus Adams & White, 1849
  • Macrophthalmus vietnamensis Serène, 1971

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Macrophthalmus latreillei, a Pleistocene sentinel crab from northern Australia.
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