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DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

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Macropodia formosa Rathbun, 1911

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rathbun, M.J. (1911). Marine Brachyura. In: The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Volume III. No. XI. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, Series 2.</em> 14(2): 191-261, pls. 15-20. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Macropodia formosa Rathbun, 1911. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208893 on 2025-09-11
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1997-04-16 06:07:12Z
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2010-02-25 15:57:43Z
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original description Rathbun, M.J. (1911). Marine Brachyura. In: The Percy Sladen Trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, Under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Volume III. No. XI. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, Series 2.</em> 14(2): 191-261, pls. 15-20. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Barnard, K.H. (1950). Descriptive catalogue of South African decapod Crustacea (crabs and shrimps). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 38: 1-837. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]