Macrophthalminae Dana, 1851

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Subfamily Macrophthalminae Dana, 1851

Remarks: The subgeneric classification of the genus Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823 , as presented in Barnes (1967), Komai et al. (1995) and Ng et al. (2008) has been challenged by molecular phylogenetic data ( Horii et al. 2001; Kitaura et al. 2006), and is still in need of revision. We follow Shih et al. (2015) in omitting subgeneric indications for the time being.

For the local record of M. boteltobagoe presented by Bones (1982), see Remarks under Metaplax longipes above.

Macrophthalmus abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981 #

Macrophthalmus dilatatus — Shen 1940a: 235; Morton 1979a: 121. Macrophthalmus abbreviatus — Davie 1992a: 348 [key]; SY Lee and

Leung 1999: 73.

Taxonomy: Tesch (1915: as M. dilatatus ), Shen (1932b: as M. dilatatus ), Sakai (1939: as M. dilatatus ), Shih et al. (2015).

Type: Lectotype ò RMNH D 299, and paralectotype in RMNH and MNHN (designated by Yamaguchi and Baba 1993; see also Fransen et al. 1997).

Type locality: Japan, locality unspecified.

Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean to South China Sea and East Asia: Indonesia, coasts of China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Habitat: Intertidal; waterlogged substrates on sandflats or mudflats.