Glyptoxanthus

Glyptoxanthus
	Glyptoxanthus erosus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Xanthidae
Subfamily:	Glyptoxanthinae ; Mendoza & Guinot, 2011
Genus:	Glyptoxanthus ; A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Type species
	Actaea erosa ; Stimpson, 1859

Last updated July 20, 2024

Glyptoxanthus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing eight species.^[1] It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus Actaea and elsewhere.^[2] Although previously included in subfamily Euxanthinae, the genus has a quite distinct morphology from other genera in that group, and was placed in 2011 in the new, monotypic subfamily, Glyptoxanthinae by Jose Christopher Mendoza and Danièle Guinot.^[2]

List of species

Glyptoxanthus angolensis (Brito Capello, 1866)
Glyptoxanthus cavernosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1878)
Glyptoxanthus corrosus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Glyptoxanthus erosus (Stimpson, 1859)
Glyptoxanthus hancocki Garth, 1939
Glyptoxanthus labyrinthicus (Stimpson, 1860)
Glyptoxanthus meandricus (Klunzinger, 1913)
Glyptoxanthus vermiculatus (Lamarck, 1818)

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References

↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
1 2 Jose Christopher E. Mendoza & Danièle Guinot (2011). "Revision of the genus Glyptoxanthus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, and establishment of Glyptoxanthinae nov. subfam. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 3015: 29–51.

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[Ng-1] Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

[Mendoza-2] 1 2 Jose Christopher E. Mendoza & Danièle Guinot (2011). "Revision of the genus Glyptoxanthus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879, and establishment of Glyptoxanthinae nov. subfam. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa . 3015: 29–51.

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