''Megametope'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Xanthidae
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is ...
, containing the following species:
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Megametope carinatus
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* '' Megametope carinatus'' Baker, 1907
* ''Megametope ogaensis
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the followi ...
''
Baker, 1907
* ''
Megametope ogaensis
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megametope carinatus'' Baker, 1907
* ''Megametope ogaensis'' Sakai, 1974
* ''Megametope punctatus'' (Haswell, 1882)
* ''Megametope rotundifrons'' ...
''
Sakai, 1974
* ''
Megametope punctatus
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megametope carinatus'' Baker, 1907
* ''Megametope ogaensis
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the followin ...
''
(Haswell, 1882)
* ''
Megametope rotundifrons
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* ''Megametope carinatus'' Baker, 1907
* ''Megametope ogaensis'' Sakai, 1974
* ''Megametope punctatus
''Megametope'' is a genus of crabs in the fa ...
''
(H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
References
Xanthoidea
Taxa named by Henri Filhol
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