Acanthaxius
| Acanthaxius | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Acanthaxius hirsutimanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Axiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthaxius pilocheirus Sakai, 1987 [1] | |
Acanthaxius is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific oceans.[2] It has a slender rostrum which is longer than the eyestalks, is spinose and has seven spines[3] and has a depth range of 228–438 metres (748–1,437 ft).[4] It includes the following species:[1][4]
- Acanthaxius amakusana (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius caespitosa (Squires, 1979)
- Acanthaxius clevae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
- Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius gadaletae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
- Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius hirsutimanus (Boesch & Smalley, 1972)
- Acanthaxius kirkmilleri Kensley, 1996
- Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
- Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
- Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius polychaetes Sakai, 1994
- Acanthaxius spinosissimus (Rathbun, 1906)
Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gary Poore (2010). "Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ↑ Zoological Catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 1998. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-643-06791-2. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ↑ Brian Kensley (1996). "A new species of the axiid shrimp genus Acanthaxius from the Caribbean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109 (1): 70–74.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gary C. B. Poore & David B. Collins (2009). "Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66: 221–287.
- ↑ Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (2006). "Three species of Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989, including two new to science, from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia (Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1240: 57–68.