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Megalobrachium  Stimpson, 1858
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98093

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderAnomura MacLeay, 1838  
                                        SuperfamilyGalatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 – squat lobsters, porcelain crabs  
                                           FamilyPorcellanidae Haworth, 1825 – porcelain crabs  
                                              GenusMegalobrachium Stimpson, 1858  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium erosum (Glassell, 1936)  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium festae (Nobili, 1901)  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium garthi Haig, 1957  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium lemaitrei Ferreira & Tavares, 2016  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium mortenseni Haig, 1962  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium pacificum Gore & Abele, 1974  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium peruvianum Haig, 1960  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium poeyi (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) – hairyclaw porcelain crab 
                                                 Species Megalobrachium roseum (Rathbun, 1900)  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium sinuimanus (Lockington, 1878)  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium smithi (Glassell, 1936)  
                                                 Species Megalobrachium soriatum (Say, 1818) – pentagonal porcelain crab 
                                                 Species Megalobrachium tuberculipes (Lockington, 1878)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Megalobrachium   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Osawa, Masayuki, and Patsy A. McLaughlin  
  Publication Date: 2010   
  Article/Chapter Title: Annotated checklist of Anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world [...]. Part 2 - Porcellanidae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, supplement no. 23   
  Page(s): 109-129   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0217-2445   
  Notes: Available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228381850   
  Reference for: Megalobrachium   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
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