Loxorhynchus

Loxorhynchus
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Epialtidae
Subfamily:	Pisinae
Genus:	Loxorhynchus Stimpson, 1857  [1]
Species
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Loxorhynchus is a genus of crabs of the eastern Pacific Ocean in the family Epialtidae.

Species

• Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857 — masking crab or moss crab
• Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857 — sheep crab
• Loxorhynchus guinotae Hendrickx & Cervantes, 2003  ^[2]

Loxorhynchus crispatus (Masking Crab). Note small red strawberry anemones on the crab's back.

References

1. "Loxorhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. M. E. Hendrickx & J. L. Cervantes (2003). "A new species of Loxorhynchus Stimpson (Decapoda, Majoidea, Pisidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico". Crustaceana . 76 (1): 103–113. Bibcode:2003Crust..76..103H. doi:10.1163/156854003321672863.