''Acanthaxius'' is a
genus of
mud lobster
Thalassinidea is a former infraorder of decapod crustaceans that live in burrows in muddy bottoms of the world's oceans. In Australian English, the littoral thalassinidean '' Trypaea australiensis'' is referred to as the ''yabby'' (a term whic ...
native to the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
oceans. It has a slender
rostrum which is longer than the
eyestalks, is
spinose and has seven
spines and has a depth range of .
Species
The genus ''Acanthaxius'' includes the following
species:
*''
Acanthaxius formosa''
Kensley & Chan, 1998
*''
Acanthaxius garawa''
Poore & Collins, 2009
*''
Acanthaxius gathaagudu''
Poore & Collins, 2009
*''
Acanthaxius grandis''
Kensley & Chan, 1998
*''
Acanthaxius kashimaensis
''Acanthaxius'' is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical w ...
Sakai, 2017
*''
Acanthaxius miyazakiensis''
(Yokoya, 1933)
*''
Acanthaxius ningaloo''
Poore & Collins, 2009
*''
Acanthaxius pilocheirus''
(Sakai, 1987)
*''
Acanthaxius polyacanthus''
(Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
*''
Acanthaxius sapulo''
Poore, 2020
Thee following species were formerly included in ''Acanthaxius'' but have been transferred to other genera:
*''
Amakusaxius amakusanus''
(Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
*''
Guyanacaris caespitosa''
(Squires, 1979)
*''
Guyanacaris hirsutimanus''
(Boesch & Smalley, 1972)
*''
Guyanacaris polychaetes''
Sakai, 1994
*''
Guyanacaris spinosissimus''
(Rathbun, 1906)
*''
Pillsburyaxius clevai''
(Ngoc-Ho, 2006)
*''
Pillsburyaxius gadaletae''
(Ngoc-Ho, 2006)
*''
Pillsburyaxius kirkmilleri''
(Kensley, 1996)
Three species of ''Acanthaxius'' have been found off the
Solomon Islands.
References
Thalassinidea
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