Loxorhynchus
Loxorhynchus | |
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Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
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
- Hendrickx & Cervantes, 2003 [2]
References[]
- ^ "Loxorhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1163/156854003321672863.
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Categories:
- Majoidea
- Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean
- Taxa named by William Stimpson
- Crab stubs