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| Acanthonyx dentatus on multicoloured seafan Melithaea rubra off Cape Peninsula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Subfamily: | Epialtinae |
| Genus: | Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 |
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Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by. The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.
Species of this genus are found in the East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the west and east Pacific Ocean.
Species
Species so far known include:
- 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
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- 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 (in French), vol. 10, p. 345-832 , Wikidata Q130607910
- "Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1825". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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