Soldier Crabs (Mictyridae), Table 1 Recorded species of Mictyris Latreille, 1806, and their biogeographic range and images
Species
Biogeographic range
General features
Image
Mictyris
longicarpus
Latreille, 1806
Australia: Cape York, Queensland to Wilson’s
Promontory, Victoria
Typical size: 30 mm
Eyes: large
Color: blue with white sides (branchial
regions); cream legs with narrow red
bands at base and middle joints
Mictyris
brevidactylus
Stimpson, 1858
Taiwan, Kinmen, China, Hainan Island,
Vietnam, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Karakelong Island,
Ambon Island, Bawean Island
Typical size: 20 mm
Eyes: medium
Color: blue, paler blue sides; cream legs
with broad red bands at base of walking
legs (Photo: Hsi-Te Shih)
Mictyris platycheles
H. Milne Edwards,
1852
Australia: Moreton Bay, Queensland, northern
New South Wales, to Tasmania
Typical size: 20 mm
Eyes: medium
Color: dark blue with reddish-purple
sides; reddish-cream legs
Mictyris livingstonei
McNeill, 1926
Australia: Cookstown, Queensland to Trial
Bay, New South Wales
Typical size: 15 mm
Eyes: small
Color: blue with lighter sides; cream legs
Mictyris
occidentalis Unno,
2008
Australia: northern King Sound to Shark Bay,
Western Australia
Typical size: 15 mm
Eyes: medium
Color: blue with paler blue or pinkish
sides; cream or orange legs
Mictyris guinotae
Davie, Shih & Chan,
2010
Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Shoto)
Typical size: 15 mm
Eyes: medium
Color: blue, with paler blue or brownish
sides; cream legs (Photo: Shawn Miller)
Mictyris
darwinensis Unno
and Semeniuk, 2011
Australia: northern King Sound, Western
Australia to Cape York, Queensland
Typical size: 15 mm
Eyes: medium
Color: slaty blue, with pale reddish or
brown sides; cream legs
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SOLDIER CRABS (MICTYRIDAE)