Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Family Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 (Sentinel Crabs)

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf

Abstract

Carapace subquadrate, broad, mostly much broader than long, dorsal surface usually flat, slightly convex, regions nearly well defined, lateral margins usually running parallel posteriorly, with one or more teeth. Front in various breadth, very narrow to relatively broad. Antennules folded transversely, more or less obliquely. Antennae with long flagellum. Orbits broad, eyestalks markedly long, sometimes extending exorbital angle. Third maxillipeds with gap between, but not rhomboidal, mandibles no visible when maxillipeds closed. Chelipeds subequal, sexually dimorphic, palm usually longer than fingers in adults, with patch of setae on inner surface. Walking legs robust, moderately flat, walking legs 2 and 3 normally longer than others. Abdomen of males and females with seven freely moving somites. G1 robust, long, usually tapering distally, apically with dense setae; G2 shorter than G1. Genital opening of males and females sternal.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Alcock A (1900) Material for a carcinological Fauna of India. No. 6: the Brachyura Catometopa, or Grapsoidea. J Asiat Soc Bengal 69:279–456

    Google Scholar 

  • Al-Ghais S, Cooper R (1996) Brachyura (Grapsidae, Ocypodidae, Portunidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) of Umm Al Quwain mangal, United Arab Emirates. Trop Zool 9:409–430

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Al-Khayat JA, Jones DA (1999) A comparison of the macrofauna of natural and replanted mangroves in Qatar. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 49:55–63

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Apel M (1994a) Effects of the 1991 Gulf War oil spill on the crab fauna of intertidal mudflats in the western Arabian Gulf. Cowier Forsch-Inst Senckenberg 166:40–46

    Google Scholar 

  • Apel M (1994b) Biology, ecology and taxonomy of brachyuran and paguridean Crustacea. In: Krupp F, Abuzinada AH, Nader IA (eds) Establishment of a marine habitat and Wildlife Sanctuary for the Gulf region final report for phase II, Jubail/Frankfurt, pp 406–437

    Google Scholar 

  • Apel M (1996a) Ecological observations on crab communities (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) on intertidal mudflats in the western Arabian Gulf and the effect of the 1991 oil spill. In: Krupp F, Abuzinada AH, Nader IA (eds) A Marine Wildlife Sanctuary for the Arabian Gulf: environmental research and conservation following the 1991 Gulfwar Oil spill, pp 327–340

    Google Scholar 

  • Apel M (1996b) Ecological observations on crab communities (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) on intertidal mudflats in the western Arabian Gulf and the effect of the 1991 oil spill. In: Krupp F, Abuzinada AH, Nader IA (eds) A marine wildlife sanctuaryfor the Arabian Gulf: environmental research and conservation following the 1991 Gulfwar oil spill. European Commission, Brussels National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Riyadh orschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt a.M., Brussels/Riyadh/Frankfurt a.M

    Google Scholar 

  • Apel M (2001) Taxonomie und Zoogeographie der Brachyura, Paguridea und Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) des Persisch-Arabischen Golfes. Fachbereich Biologie, Frankfurt am Main

    Google Scholar 

  • Apel M, Türkay M (1999) Taxonomic composition, distribution and zoogeographic of the Grapsid and Ocypodid crab Fauna of intertidal soft bottoms in the Arabian Gulf. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 49:131–142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barnard KH (1955) Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Ann S Afr Mus 43:1–107

    Google Scholar 

  • Barnes RSK (1967) The Macrophthalminae of Australasia: with a review of the evolution and morphological diversity of the type genus Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura). Trans Zool Soc Lond 31:195–262

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barnes RSK (1970) The species of Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura) in the collections of the British Museum (Natural History). Bull Br Mus Nat Hist (Zool) 20:205–251

    Google Scholar 

  • Barnes RSK (1976) Contributions towards a revision of Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura), VIII. A re-examination of the M. telescopicus (Owen) complex; The status of M. Laevis A. Milne Edwards; And the affinities of M. holthuisi Serène. Zool Meded 50:133–151

    Google Scholar 

  • Barnes RSK (1977) Concluding contribution towards a revision of, and a key to, the genus Macrophthalmus (Crustacea: Brachyura). J Zool 182:267–280

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Barnes RSK (2010) A review of the sentinel and allied crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae), with particular reference to the genus Macrophthalmus. Raffles Bull Zool 58:31–49

    Google Scholar 

  • Basson PW, Burchard JA, Hardy JT, Price ARG (1977) Biotopes of the Western Arabian Gulf: marine life and environments of Saudi Arabia. ARAMCO, Department of Loss Prevention and Environmental Affairs, Dhahran

    Google Scholar 

  • Chhapgar BF (1957b) On the marine crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Bombay State Part II. J Bombay Nat Hist Soc 54:503–549

    Google Scholar 

  • Clayton DA (1986) Ecology of mudflats with particular reference to those of the northern Arabian Gulf. In: Halwagy R, Clayton DA, Behbehani M (eds) Marine environment and pollution First Arabian Gulf Congress on Environment and Pollution. University of Kuwait, Kuwait, pp 83–96

    Google Scholar 

  • Cooper RT (1997) Mangal-associated Brachyura (Ocypodidae, Grapsidae, Portunidae, Majidae, Xanthidae and Leucosiidae) from the north-eastern coastal Islands of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Crustaceana 70:155–179

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Crosnier A (1965) Crustacés Décapodes, Grapsidae et Ocypodidae. Faune de Madagascar 18:1–153

    Google Scholar 

  • Davie PJF (2012) A review of Macrophthalmus sensu lato (Crustacea: Decapoda: Macrophthalmidae) from Australia including two new species and new records. Mem Qld Mus Nat 56:149–219

    Google Scholar 

  • Fishelson L (1971) Ecology and distribution of the benthic fauna in the shallow waters of the Red Sea. Mar Biol 10:113–133

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guérin-Méneville FE (1838) Crustacés, Arachnides et Insectes. In: Duperrey LI (ed) Voyage autour de monde, execute par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majeste, la Coquille, pendant les annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, Paris, p 319

    Google Scholar 

  • Hogarth PJ (1989) The marine Crustacea of Dhofar, Southern Oman. J Oman Stud 10:99–124

    Google Scholar 

  • Holthuis LB (1995) The identities of Macrophthalmus rouxii Lucas, 1836, and M. dentipes Lucas, 1836, and the substitution of the latter name for M. pectinipes Guérin, 1838 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae). Crustaceana 68:401–404

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hornby R (1997) A survey of the habitats, invertebrate fauna and environmental sensitivity of the mainland coast of the UAE, with information on status and distribution of Crustaceans. TRIBULUS Bull Emirates Nat Hist Group 7:11–17

    Google Scholar 

  • Hywel-Davies A (1994) A quantitative analysis of the horizontal and vertical zonation of Brachyura and Mollusca aasociated with the Qurm mangal, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor

    Google Scholar 

  • Ismail NS, Ahmed MA (1993) Macrobenthic invertebrates of mangrove, Avicennia marina (ForskÃ¥ll), and of intertidal flats of Khor Kalba, UAE, Gulf of Oman towards the rational use of high salinity tolerant plants. Springer, pp 155–161

    Google Scholar 

  • Jones DA (1986a) A field guide to the sea shores of Kuwait and the Arabian Gulf. University of Kuwait, Kuwait

    Google Scholar 

  • Komai T, Wada K (2008) A revision of the estuarine crab genus Ilyograpsus Barnard, 1955 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae), with descriptions of a new genus and one new species. Raffles Bull Zool 56:357–384

    Google Scholar 

  • Lucas H (1836) Macrophthalme, Macrophthalmus.(Crust.). FE Guérin-Méneville, Dictionnaire pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle 4:551

    Google Scholar 

  • Milne Edwards H (1852) De la famille des ocypodides (Ocypodidae). Second Mémoire. Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 3e série 18:128–166

    Google Scholar 

  • Milne-Edwards A (1867) Descriptions de quelques espéces nouvelles de Crustacés Brachyures. Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 4e série 7:263–288

    Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R (2013) The sentinel crabs of the genus Chaenostoma (Stimpson, 1858) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae), with description of a new species and new records. J Nat Hist 47:2835–2848

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R, Türkay M (2011) A new species of the Macrophthalmus boscii-group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from the Persian Gulf with designation of a Neotype for M. boscii Audouin (1826). Mar Biodivers 41:503–515

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R, Türkay M (2012) Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: faunistics, biodiversity and zoogeography. Zootaxa 3374:1–67

    Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R, Türkay M, Apel M (2011) Brachyuran crabs of the family Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) of the Persian Gulf. Zootaxa 2911:1–42

    Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R, Türkay M, Sari A (2013) Intertidal habitats and decapod (Crustacea) diversity of Qeshm Island, a biodiversity hotspot within the Persian Gulf. Mar Biodivers 43:445–462

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Naderloo R, Ebrahimnejad S, Sari A (2015) Annotated checklist of the decapod crustaceans of the Gulf of Oman, northwestern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4028:397–412

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ng PKL, Guinot D, Davie PJF (2008) Systema Brachyurorum, part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bull Zool Suppl 17:1–286

    Google Scholar 

  • Nobili G (1906a) Crustacés décapodes et stomatopodes. In: Mission J. Bonnier et Ch. Perèz (Golfe Persique, 1901). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 40:13–159

    Google Scholar 

  • Nobili G (1906b) Faune carcinologique de la Mer Rouge. Décapodes et Stomatopodes. Annales des Sciences naturelles, (Zoologie) 9:1–347

    Google Scholar 

  • Pretzmann G (1971) Ergebnisse einiger Sammelreisen nach Vorderasien. 2. Teil: Marine Brachyura. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 75:477–487

    Google Scholar 

  • Pretzmann G (1974) Die Unterfamilie Macrophthalminae Dana im Wiener Naturhistorischen Museum. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 78:437–444

    Google Scholar 

  • Rüppell E (1830) Beschreibung und Abbildung von 24 Arten kurzschwänzigen Krabben, als Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte des rothen Meeres. H.L. Brönner, Frankfurt a. M.

    Google Scholar 

  • Stephensen K (1946) The Brachyura of the Iranian Gulf. Danish scientific investigations in Iran, Part IV. E. Munksgaard, Copenhagen

    Google Scholar 

  • Takeda M, Komai T (1991) Japanese species of the Macrophthalmus telescopicus complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Bull Natl Sci Mus Tokyo A (Zool) 17:165–171

    Google Scholar 

  • Tirmizi NM, Ghani N (1988b) The rediscovery of Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) laevis A. Milne-Edwards, 1867, in the Arabian Sea (Decapoda Brachyura). Crustaceana 55:253–256

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tirmizi NM, Ghani N (1996) Marine fauna of Pakistan: 5: Crustacea: Brachyura, Brachyrhyncha, part 1: Xanthidae, Goneplacidae, Pinnotheridae, Ocypodidae, Grapsidae. Center of Excellence, University of Karachi, Karachi

    Google Scholar 

  • Titgen RH (1982) The systematics and ecology of the Decapods of Dubai, and their zoogeographic relationships to the Arabian Gulf and the Western Indian Ocean. D Phil thesis, Texas A&M University, p 269

    Google Scholar 

  • Vousden DH (1987) The Bahrain Marine Habitat Survey. A study of the marine habitats in the waters of Bahrain and their relationship to physical, chemical, biological and anthropogenic influences Appendices. ROPME, Kuwait

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms, School of Biology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Reza Naderloo

Authors
  1. Reza Naderloo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 (Sentinel Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_36

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation