Porcellana habei, author: Tineke Smit
Hemigrapsus sanguineus, author: JP Vanderperren
Clibanarius humilis, author: Collection VLIZ
Calcinus haigae Haig'sHermitCrab1 DMS, author: ReefLifeApps.com

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

Decanet taxon details

Micheleidae Sakai, 1992

414844  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414844)

accepted
Family
Meticonaxiinae Sakai, 1993 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Micheleinae Sakai, 1992 · unaccepted (elevated to family rank)

Ordering

  • Alphabetically
  • By status

Children Display

  1. Genus Amatukamius Karasawa & Ohara, 2019 †
  2. Genus Marcusiaxius Rodrigues & de Carvalho, 1972
  3. Genus Meticonaxius De Man, 1905
  4. Genus Michelea Kensley & Heard, 1991
  5. Genus Paki Karasawa & Hayakawa, 2000 †
  6. Genus Tethisea Poore, 1994
  7. Genus Metaxius Bouvier, 1905 accepted as Meticonaxius De Man, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Meteoraxius Sakai & Türkay, 2012 accepted as Meticonaxius De Man, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Subfamily Meticonaxiinae Sakai, 1993 accepted as Micheleidae Sakai, 1992 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Subfamily Micheleinae Sakai, 1992 accepted as Micheleidae Sakai, 1992 (elevated to family rank)
  11. Genus Micheleopsis Sakai, 2010 accepted as Michelea Kensley & Heard, 1991 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish
Sakai, K. (1992). The families Callianideidae and Thalassinidae, with the description of two new subfamilies, one new genus and two new species (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). <em>Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University.</em> 4: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Micheleidae Sakai, 1992. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=414844 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
by
2009-09-23 09:16:50Z
created
db_admin
2010-05-20 12:31:05Z
changed
2022-05-16 13:36:20Z
changed

original description Sakai, K. (1992). The families Callianideidae and Thalassinidae, with the description of two new subfamilies, one new genus and two new species (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). <em>Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University.</em> 4: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Meticonaxiinae Sakai, 1993) Sakai, K. (1992). The families Callianideidae and Thalassinidae, with the description of two new subfamilies, one new genus and two new species (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). <em>Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University.</em> 4: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of Micheleinae Sakai, 1992) Sakai, K. (1992). The families Callianideidae and Thalassinidae, with the description of two new subfamilies, one new genus and two new species (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). <em>Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University.</em> 4: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Poore, G.C.B. (1997). A review of the thalassinidean families Callianideidae Kossmann, Micheleidae Sakai, and Thomassiniidae de Saint Laurent (Crustacea: Decapoda) with descriptions of fifteen new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 19: 345-420. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy Poore, G.C.B. & Collins, D.J. (2015). Micheleidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea): new family, generic and species synonymies, three new Australian species, and new records. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 73: 95–105., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/373635/095-105_mmv73_poore2_2_web.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available

identification resource Poore, G.C.B. & Collins, D.J. (2015). Micheleidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea): new family, generic and species synonymies, three new Australian species, and new records. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 73: 95–105., available online at http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/373635/095-105_mmv73_poore2_2_web.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available