| Euryxanthops latifrons | |
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| Preserved specimen of Euryxanthops latifrons | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Euryxanthops |
| Species: | E. latifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Euryxanthops latifrons | |
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