Acanthonyx

Acanthonyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Subfamily: Epialtinae
Genus: Acanthonyx
Latreille, 1828
Species

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Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae. Species so far known include:[1]

  • Acanthonyx consobrinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
  • Acanthonyx dentatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Acanthonyx depressifrons Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Acanthonyx dissimulatus Coelho, 1993
  • Acanthonyx elongatus Miers, 1877
  • Acanthonyx euryseroche Griffin & Tranter, 1986
  • Acanthonyx formosa Wu, Yu & Ng, 1999
  • Acanthonyx inglei Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1988
  • Acanthonyx limbatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
  • Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816)
  • Acanthonyx minor Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • ?Acanthonyx nodulosa (Dana, 1852)
  • Acanthonyx petiverii H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Acanthonyx quadridentatus Krauss, 1843
  • Acanthonyx sanctaehelenae Chace, 1966
  • Acanthonyx scutellatus MacLeay, 1838
  • Acanthonyx scutiformis (Dana, 1851)
  • Acanthonyx undulatus Barnard, 1947

References

  1. 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.