Metopograpsus eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853

Ng, Ngan Kee, Rodríguez Moreno, Paula A., Naruse, Tohru, Guinot, Danièle & Mollaret, Noémy, 2019, Annotated type-catalogue of Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda) of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Part II. Gecarcinidae and Grapsidae (Thoracotremata, Grapsoidea), with an Appendix of pre- 1900 collectors, Zoosystema 41 (7), pp. 91-130 : 114

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scientific name	Metopograpsus eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853
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Metopograpsus eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 View in CoL

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Metopograpsus Eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853: 131 View in CoL [165].

CURRENT TAXONOMIC STATUS. — Junior subjective synonym of Metopograpsus thukuhar (Owen, 1839) View in CoL ( Tweedie 1949: 469; Davie 2002: 217).

LECTOTYPE (by present designation). — MNHN-IU-2000-3547 (= MNHN-B3547 ), ♂ 16.6 × 20.1 mm, Sandwich Islands [Hawaiian Is.], Type, coll. J. T. Eydoux & L.F.A. Souleyet. — Original label: “ Metopograpsus eydouxi Edw. , Type. Iles Sandwich, MM. Eydoux et Souleyet”.

PRESERVATION. — Dry. RP1-3, 5, LP4 missing.

REMARKS

Davie (2002: 217) wrote “type status unknown MNHP*”, thus only a probable MNHN depository. The sample MNHN-IU-2000-3547 (= MNHN-B3547) was collected from the type locality, the Sandwich Islands, i.e., the Hawaiian Is., by the well-known scientists Eydoux and Souleyet who visited these islands, notably during the Expedition of the Bonite (1836-1837) (see Appendix). Their names are inscribed on the original label, so this material is here selected as lectotype. In contrast, the dry sample MNHN-IU-2000-3551 (= MNHN-B3551) from the Sandwich Islands, with two specimens, 1♂ and 1 ♀, was collected later as shown by the label “788-66” corresponding to the entry in 1866 listed in the CAA as material purchased from “M. Robson, London”.