Biology:Polyonyx

Short description: Genus of crabs

Polyonyx
Polyonyx gibbesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Family:	Porcellanidae
Genus:	Polyonyx Stimpson, 1858

Polyonyx is a genus of porcelain crabs in the family Porcellanidae. There are at least 42 described species in Polyonyx.

Species

The species belonging to the genus Polyonyx include the following:

• Polyonyx nitidus Osawa, 2018
• Chace, 1956 Polyonyx biunguiculatus
• Werding, 2001 (Dana, 1852)
• Polyonyx boucheti Osawa, 2007
• Polyonyx bouvieri de Saint Joseph, 1900
• Haig, 1960 Osawa & Sato, 2022
• Haig, 1956 McNeill, 1968
• Osawa & Ng, 2016 Sankolli, 1965
• Lockington, 1878 Nobili, 1906
• Osawa, Naruse & Ng, 2018 Werding & Hiller, 2019
• (Haswell, 1882) Ng & Sasekumar, 1993
• Polyonyx vermicola Miyake, 1943
• Polyonyx utinomii Polyonyx pilosibrachium
• Polyonyx senegalensis Polyonyx spina
• Polyonyx triunguiculatus Polyonyx hendersoni
• Polyonyx kumejima Polyonyx maccullochi
• Polyonyx obesulus Osawa, Naruse & Ng, 2018
• Chace, 1956 Osawa, 2007
• Zehntner, 1894 Polyonyx splendidus
• Polyonyx tulearis Polyonyx transversus
• Polyonyx planus Polyonyx confinis
• Polyonyx deezi Polyonyx gibbesi
• Polyonyx haigae Southwell, 1909
• Osawa & Ng, 2016 Haig, 1965
• Miers, 1884 Osawa & Ng, 2016
• Osawa, 2015 Sankolli, 1966
• Werding, 2001 Polyonyx socialis
• Stimpson, 1858 Polyonyx sasekumari
• Polyonyx similis Polyonyx quadratus
• Polyonyx sinensis Polyonyx thai
• Polyonyx angustus Polyonyx heok
• Polyonyx loimicola Polyonyx pedalis

Further reading

• Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X. https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12091/12091.pdf. 

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