Euryxanthops chiltoni

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Euryxanthops chiltoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Euryxanthops
Species:
E. chiltoni
Binomial name
Euryxanthops chiltoni
Ng & McLay, 2007 [1]

Euryxanthops chiltoni is a species of crab found in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. [1] It was first described by Colin McLay and Peter Ng in a 2007 paper, along with Medaeops serenei . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - Euryxanthops chiltoni Ng & McLay, 2007". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. McLay, Colin; Ng, Peter (2007). "Two new species of deep-water xanthid crabs of the genera Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983, and Medaeops Guinot, 1967 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from New Zealand". Zootaxa (1385). Magnolia Press. ISSN   1175-5334. OCLC   49030618.