Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 71

Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Fig. 79

Material examined

ERITREA − Mitsiwa • 1 ♂ (22.8×15.3), 1 ♀ (20.7 ×12.9); Raffray? Deyrolle leg.; appears in the 1911 catalogue, so its collection date is earlier; MNCN20.04/03487 .

Remarks

The specimens were previously only identified as Xantho sp.

For identification, see also Serène (1984), Lee et al. (2013), Naderloo (2017) and Amer et al. (2023).

Figures

Fig. 79. A−E. Leptodius exaratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834), specimens MNCN20.04/03487. F. Handwritten entry of the specimens in the ACN0248/005. Scale bars = 1 cm.