Machaerus atlanticus ( Miers, 1881 )

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 : 29-30

Machaerus atlanticus ( Miers, 1881)

Fig. 28

Material examined

GHANA • 1 ♂ (5.7 ×4.1); Mar. 1993; MNCN20.04/41926 .

Remarks

The specimen is parasitized by a Rhizocephala Müller, 1862 crustacean. Since this is a juvenile specimen, small in size, the proportions are different from those of an Machaerus atlanticus adult, with very long eye stalks and larger eyes than those of adult specimens.

For identification, see also Castro & Ng (2010).

Figures

Fig. 28. Machaerus atlanticus (Miers, 1881), parasitized specimen MNCN20.04/41926. Scale bars = 0.5 cm.