Decanet taxon details
Xenograpsus ngatama McLay, 2007
444834 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:444834)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
McLay, C.L. (2007). New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: <i>Gandalfus</i> gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1524: 1-22. [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Xenograpsus ngatama McLay, 2007. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444834 on 2025-09-13
original description
McLay, C.L. (2007). New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: <i>Gandalfus</i> gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and Xenograpsus (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1524: 1-22. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]