| Eiconaxius andamanensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Axiidae |
| Genus: | Eiconaxius |
| Species: | E. andamanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eiconaxius andamanensis (Alcock, 1901) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Iconaxiopsis andamanensis Alcock, 1901 [1] |
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Eiconaxius andamanensis is a species of decapod crustacean in the infraorder Thalassinidea. Although it is not a true lobster, is sometimes known by the common names "mud lobster" and "scorpion lobster".[2] Its scientific name comes from the Andaman Sea where it has been collected off the west coast of Andaman Islands at a depth of 238–290 fathoms (1,430–1,700 ft; 435–530 m).[3][1]
Although very similar to Iconasioptis laccadivensis, a species which shelters itself in the branches of deep sea zoophytes, the exact habits of Eiconaxius andamanensis are unknown.[3]