Acanthaxius | |
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Acanthaxius hirsutimanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Axiidae |
Genus: | Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 |
Type species | |
Acanthaxius pilocheirus Sakai, 1987 |
Acanthaxius is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific oceans. It has a slender rostrum which is longer than the eyestalks, is spinose and has seven spines and has a depth range of 228–438 metres (748–1,437 ft).
Species
The genus Acanthaxius includes the following species:
- †Acanthaxius carinatus Franţescu, 2014
- Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius kashimaensis Sakai, 2017
- Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
- Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
- Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius sapulo Poore, 2020
Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.
References
- ^ WoRMS. "Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- Zoological Catalogue of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 1998. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-643-06791-2. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- Brian Kensley (1996). "A new species of the axiid shrimp genus Acanthaxius from the Caribbean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 109 (1): 70–74.
- Gary C. B. Poore & David B. Collins (2009). "Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea)" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 66 (2): 221–287. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.20.
- Nguyen Ngoc-Ho (2006). "Three species of Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989, including two new to science, from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia (Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1240: 57–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1240.1.2.
Taxon identifiers | |
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