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]
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)
References
- ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
- ^ a b 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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