Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific. It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera): Species in this genus are often referred to as sentinel crabs.
Subgenus Chaenostoma <small>Stimpson, 1858</small>
Subgenus Euplax <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1852</small>
Subgenus Hemiplax <small>Heller, 1865</small>
Subgenus Macrophthalmus <small>Desmarest, 1823</small>
- Macrophthalmus abbreviatus <small>Manning & Holthuis, 1981</small>
- Macrophthalmus banzai <small>Wada & K. Sakai, 1989</small>
- Macrophthalmus brevis <small>(Herbst, 1804)</small>
- Macrophthalmus ceratophorus <small>Sakai, 1969</small>
- Macrophthalmus consobrinus <small>Nobili, 1906</small>
- Macrophthalmus convexus <small>Stimpson, 1858</small>
- Macrophthalmus crassipes <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1852</small>
- Macrophthalmus darwinensis <small>Barnes, 1971</small>
- Macrophthalmus gallardoi <small>Serène, 1971</small>
- Macrophthalmus graeffei <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1873</small>
- Macrophthalmus grandidieri <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1867</small>
- Macrophthalmus hilgendorfi <small>Tesch, 1915</small>
- Macrophthalmus laevimanus <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1852</small>
- Macrophthalmus latipes <small>Borradaile, 1902</small>
- Macrophthalmus malaccensis <small>Tweedie, 1937</small>
- Macrophthalmus microfylacas <small>Nagai, Watanabe & Naruse, 2006</small>
- Macrophthalmus milloti <small>Crosnier, 1965</small>
- Macrophthalmus parvimanus <small>Guérin, 1834</small>
- Macrophthalmus philippinensis <small>Serène, 1971</small>
- Macrophthalmus sandakani <small>Rathbun, 1907</small>
- Macrophthalmus serenei <small>Takeda & Komai, 1991</small>
- Macrophthalmus sulcatus <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1852</small>
- Macrophthalmus telescopicus <small>Owen, 1839</small>
- Macrophthalmus tomentosus <small>Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842</small>
- Macrophthalmus transversus <small>(Latreille, 1817)</small>
Subgenus Mareotis <small>Barnes, 1967</small>
- Macrophthalmus abercrombiei <small>Barnes, 1966</small>
- Macrophthalmus crinitus <small>Rathbun, 1913</small>
- Macrophthalmus definitus <small>Adams & White, 1849</small>
- Macrophthalmus depressus <small>Rüppell, 1830</small>
- Macrophthalmus frequens <small>Tai & Song, 1984</small>
- Macrophthalmus japonicus <small>(De Haan, 1835)</small>
- ?Macrophthalmus laevis <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1867</small>
- Macrophthalmus pacificus <small>Dana, 1851</small>
- Macrophthalmus teschi <small>Kemp, 1919</small>
- Macrophthalmus tjiljapensis <small>Pretzmann, 1974</small>
- Macrophthalmus tomentosus <small>Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842</small>
- Macrophthalmus setosus <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1852</small>
Subgenus Paramareotis <small>Komai, Goshima & Murai, 1995</small>
Subgenus Tasmanoplax <small>Barnes, 1967</small>
Subgenus Venitus <small>Barnes, 1967</small>
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