Xanthodius

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Xanthodius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Xanthodius
Stimpson, 1859

Xanthodius is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing one exclusively fossil species[1] and the following extant species:[2]

  • Xanthodius americanus (Saussure, 1858)
  • Xanthodius cooksoni (Miers, 1877)
  • Xanthodius denticulatus (White, 1848)
  • Xanthodius inaequalis (Olivier, 1791)
  • Xanthodius sternberghii Stimpson, 1859
  • Xanthodius stimpsoni (A. Milne Edwards, 1879)

References

  1. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
  2. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. 


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