Megalobrachium garthi Haig, 1957

Ortiz, Luis Hernández Georgina Ramírez & Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor, 2013, Coral-associated decapods (Crustacea) from the Mexican Tropical Pacific coast, Zootaxa 3609 (5), pp. 451-464 : 456

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.5.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3D6C8E11-F7CF-4D02-9420-012DF4669CCD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6155700
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scientific name	Megalobrachium garthi Haig, 1957
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Material examined. One female was collected in Morros del Potosí (17°31´N, 101°29´W) (ICMyL MAZ 9307A), three males (ICMyL MAZ 9308A) and one female (ICMyL MAZ 9308B) from Isla Roqueta. One ovigerous female from El Maguey (ICMyL MAZ 9309A).

Remarks. This species has a wide range in the Eastern tropical Pacific from the Gulf of California to Peru (Villalobos-Hiriart et al. 1989). Our data confirms the presence of M. garthi at several sites in the sampled area.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Porcellanidae
Genus	Megalobrachium

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