''Glyptoxanthus'' 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, containing eight species.
It was originally erected by
Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus ''
Actaea'' and elsewhere.
Although previously included in subfamily
Euxanthinae, the genus has a quite distinct morphology from other genera in that group, and was placed in 2011 in the new, monotypic subfamily, Glyptoxanthinae by Jose Christopher Mendoza and Danièle Guinot.
List of species
* ''
Glyptoxanthus angolensis''
(Brito Capello, 1866)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus cavernosus''
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus corrosus
''Glyptoxanthus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species. It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus '' Actaea'' and elsewhere. Although previously i ...
''
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus erosus
''Glyptoxanthus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species. It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus '' Actaea'' and elsewhere. Although previously i ...
''
(Stimpson, 1859)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus hancocki
''Glyptoxanthus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species. It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus '' Actaea'' and elsewhere. Although previously i ...
''
Garth, 1939
* ''
Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus
''Glyptoxanthus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species. It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus '' Actaea'' and elsewhere. Although previously i ...
''
(Stimpson, 1860)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus meandricus
''Glyptoxanthus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species. It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus '' Actaea'' and elsewhere. Although previously i ...
''
(Klunzinger, 1913)
* ''
Glyptoxanthus vermiculatus
''Glyptoxanthus'' 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 entirel ...
''
(Lamarck, 1818)
References
Xanthoidea
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