Acanthonyx
Sign in to savethumb|right Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by. The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.
Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyEpialtidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 75
- With media
- 21
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Collections
- USNM, ICML-UNAM, IOP-SEMAR, CAS, MNHN, MZLU
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Mexico, United States, Corse, Guadeloupe, Oman
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Epialtinae
- Image
- Acanthonyx lunulatus 378190021.jpg
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- Acanthonyx
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thumb|right Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by. The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.
Species of this genus are found in the East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the west and east Pacific Ocean.
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