Acanthonyx
Encyclopedia
Acanthonyx is a genus
of crab
s, in the family
Epialtidae
. Species so far known include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Epialtidae
Epialtidae
Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:* Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838* Pisinae Dana, 1851* Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994* Tychinae Dana, 1851...
. Species so far known include:
- Acanthonyx consobrinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Acanthonyx dentatusAcanthonyx dentatusAcanthonyx dentatus, the toothed decorator crab, is a species of crab in the family Inachidae.-Distribution:The toothed decorator crab is known around the southern African coast from Cape Columbine to Richards Bay subtidally to . It is also known from the Red Sea.-Description:The toothed decorator...
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