Grapsus oceanicus H. Jacquinot in Hombron & H. Jacquinot, 1846

(Fig. 4D)

Grapsus oceanicus H. Jacquinot in Hombron & H. Jacquinot, 1846: pl. 6, figs 9, I.

Metopograpsus (Grapsus) oceanicus – H. Jacquinot in H. Jacquinot & Lucas 1853: 73.

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Metopograpsus oceanicus H. Jacquinot in Hombron & H. Jacquinot, 1846, accepted recombination (see H. Milne Edwards 1853: 132 [166]; Banerjee 1960: 189; Ng et al. 2008: 217).

LECTOTYPE (designated by Castro 2011: 115). — MNHN-IU-2000-10992 (= MNHN-B10992), ♂ 32.5 × 38.1 mm, Poulo Han (= Hon Island, Papua New Guinea), coll. Hombron & Jacquinot. — Original label: “ Metopograpsus oceanicus Hombr. & Jacq., MM. Hombron & Jacquinot, Poulo Han”.

PRESERVATION OF THE LECTOTYPE. — Dry.

PARALECTOTYPE. — MNHN-IU-2000-1104 (= MNHN-B10992), 1 ♂ 23.0 × 26.9 mm, same data as lectotype .

PRESERVATION OF THE PARALECTOTYPE. — Dry.

REMARKS

For authorities as cited on the plate captions or in the text of the Crustacea collected during the Voyage au Pôle Sud (1842- 1854) [Voyage to the South Pole], see Clark & Crosnier 2000: table 4; Holthuis 2002: 422.