Xanthias (crab)
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Xanthias is a genus of crab
s in the family Xanthidae
, containing two exclusively fossil species and the following extant species:
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s in the family Xanthidae
Xanthidae
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. They are often brightly coloured and are poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is known...
, containing two exclusively fossil species and the following extant species:
- Xanthias canaliculatus Rathbun, 1906
- Xanthias cherbonnieri Guinot, 1964
- Xanthias dawsoni Takeda & Webber, 2006
- Xanthias gilbertensis Balss, 1938
- Xanthias glabrous Edmondson, 1951
- Xanthias inornatus (Rathbun, 1898)
- Xanthias lamarckii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
- Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1887)
- Xanthias maculatus Sakai, 1961
- Xanthias nitidulus (Dana, 1852)
- Xanthias oahuensis Edmondson, 1951
- Xanthias punctatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
- Xanthias sinensis (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
- Xanthias teres Davie, 1997