Loxorhynchus

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Loxorhynchus
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Majidae
Genus: Loxorhynchus
Stimpson, 1857 [1]
Species

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Loxorhynchus is a genus of majid crabs of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

[edit] Species

  • Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857 — masking crab or moss crab
  • Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857 — sheep crab
  • Loxorhynchus guinotae Hendrickx & Cervantes, 2003 [2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Loxorhynchus (TSN 98477). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ M. E. Hendrickx & J. L. Cervantes (2003). A new species of Loxorhynchus Stimpson (Decapoda, Majoidea, Pisidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Crustaceana 76 (1): 103–113. doi:10.1163/156854003321672863. 


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