''Xanthodius'' 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
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is ...
, containing one exclusively fossil species
and the following extant species:
* ''
Xanthodius americanus''
(Saussure, 1858)
* ''
Xanthodius cooksoni''
(Miers, 1877)
* ''
Xanthodius denticulatus''
(White, 1848)
* ''
Xanthodius inaequalis''
(Olivier, 1791)
* ''
Xanthodius sternberghii''
Stimpson, 1859
* ''
Xanthodius stimpsoni
''Xanthodius'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing one exclusively fossil species and the following extant species:
* ''Xanthodius americanus'' (Saussure, 1858)
* ''Xanthodius cooksoni'' (Miers, 1877)
* ''Xanthodius denticul ...
''
(A. Milne Edwards, 1879)
References
Xanthoidea
{{Crab-stub