Stalk-eyed mud crab explained

The stalk-eyed mud crab, Macrophthalmus hirtipes, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Macrophthalmidae, endemic to New Zealand including Campbell Island.[1] It grows to around shell width.[1] It is either the only species in the subgenus Hemiplax[2] and the most basal species in the genus Macrophthalmus, or the only species in the sister genus Hemiplax.[3]

Notes and References

  1. C. L. McLay . 1988 . Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand . Leigh Laboratory Bulletin . 22 . 1–463 . .
  2. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . PDF.
  3. Book: Colin L. McLay . Jun Kitaura . Kaiji Wada . amp . 2010 . Behavioural and molecular evidence for the systematic position of Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) hirtipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846, with comments on macrophthalmine subgenera (Decapoda, Brachyura, Macrophthalmidae) . . 14 . Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume . Charles Fransen . Sammy de Grave . Peter Ng . 978-90-04-17429-0 . 483–503 . PDF.

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