WoRMS taxon details
Metaplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852
439870 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439870)
accepted
Genus
Metaplax distincta H. Milne Edwards, 1852 (type by subsequent designation)
Rhaconotus Gerstaecker, 1856 · unaccepted (name pre-occupied by Rhaconotus...)
name pre-occupied by Rhaconotus Ruthe, 1854 [Hymenoptera]
- Species Metaplax crenulata (Gerstaecker, 1856)
- Species Metaplax dentipes (Heller, 1865)
- Species Metaplax distincta H. Milne Edwards, 1852
- Species Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888
- Species Metaplax gocongensis Davie & Nguyen, 2003
- Species Metaplax indica H. Milne Edwards, 1852
- Species Metaplax intermedia De Man, 1888
- Species Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858
- Species Metaplax occidentalis Pretzmann, 1971
- Species Metaplax sheni Gordon, 1930
- Species Metaplax tredecim Tweedie, 1950
- Species Metaplax crassipes De Man, 1892 accepted as Metaplax elegans De Man, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Metaplax distinctus H. Milne Edwards, 1852 accepted as Metaplax distincta H. Milne Edwards, 1852 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Metaplax hirsutimana Grant & McCulloch, 1906 accepted as Australoplax tridentata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Metaplax hirtipes Heller, 1862 accepted as Hemiplax hirtipes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Metaplax indicus H. Milne Edwards, 1852 accepted as Metaplax indica H. Milne Edwards, 1852 (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Metaplax intermedius De Man, 1888 accepted as Metaplax intermedia De Man, 1888 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metaplax takahashii Sakai, 1939 accepted as Metaplax longipes Stimpson, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Milne Edwards, H. (1852). Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 3.</em> 18: 109–166, pls. 3-4. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Metaplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439870 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, H. (1852). Observations sur les affinités zoologiques et la classification naturelle des crustacés. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, ser. 3.</em> 18: 109–166, pls. 3-4. [details]
original description (of Rhaconotus Gerstaecker, 1856) Gerstaecker, A. (1856). Carcinologische Beiträge. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22(1): 101-162, pls. 4-6. [details]
original description (of Rhaconotus Gerstaecker, 1856) Gerstaecker, A. (1856). Carcinologische Beiträge. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 22(1): 101-162, pls. 4-6. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | テナガアシハラガニ属 | [details] |
