''Euryxanthops'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Xanthidae. It was originally established in 1983 by Garth & Kim to contain three species of deep-water crabs from
Japan
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and the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
- ''
Euryxanthops dorsiconvexus'', ''
Euryxanthops flexidentatus'' and ''
Euryxanthops orientalis''.
Since then, several more species of this genus have been identified and described, and ''Euryxanthops'' currently contains:
* ''
Euryxanthops cepros''
Davie, 1997
* ''
Euryxanthops chiltoni''
Ng & McLay, 2007
* ''
Euryxanthops dorsiconvexus''
Garth & Kim, 1983
* ''
Euryxanthops flexidentatus''
Garth & Kim, 1983
* ''
Euryxanthops latifrons''
Davie, 1997
* ''
Euryxanthops orientalis''
(Sakai, 1939)
References
Xanthidae
Decapod genera
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