Biology:Acanthonyx

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Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by.[1][2] The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.[1]

Species of this genus are found in the East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the west and east Pacific Ocean.[3]

Species

Species so far known include:[4]

  • 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106896. 
  2. ↑ Latreille, P.A. (1825–1828), Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1-344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345-832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828, p. 345-832 [698] , Wikidata Q130607910
  3. ↑ "Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1825". Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Acanthonyx. 
  4. ↑ 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". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 

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