Opecarcinus Kropp & Manning 1987
- Dataset
- Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Cryptochiridae
- genus
- Opecarcinus
discussion
Remarks. Opecarcinus hypostegus is the only Atlantic species of its genus. The remaining eight species in Opecarcinus are Indo-West Pacific in distribution (Kropp 1989; Meij 2014 b). Xu et al. (2021) estimated that Opecarcinus harbors about 15 undescribed species and several potential species complexes.
type_taxon
Type species. Opecarcinus hypostegus (Shaw & Hopkins, 1977) [Type locality: Florida Middle Ground, west of Tarpon Springs, Gulf of Mexico].
Name
- Homonyms
- Opecarcinus Kropp & Manning 1987