Loxorhynchus
Appearance
Loxorhynchus | |
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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
[edit]- Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857 — masking crab or moss crab
- Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857 — sheep crab
- Loxorhynchus guinotae Hendrickx & Cervantes, 2003 [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.