Xenocarcinus is a genus of spider crabs in the family Epialtidae. They inhabit soft corals at subtidal zones up to 70 meters in depth in the Indo-West Pacific region, being found in Réunion, Aldabra, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Japan. Xenocarcinus conicus and Xenocarcinus tuberculatus crabs were found in Mu Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand, associated with gorgonians and wire coral, respectively.
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Xenocarcinus is a genus of spider crabs in the family Epialtidae. They inhabit soft corals at subtidal zones up to 70 meters in depth in the Indo-West Pacific region, being found in Réunion, Aldabra, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Japan. Xenocarcinus conicus and Xenocarcinus tuberculatus crabs were found in Mu Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand, associated with gorgonians and wire coral, respectively.
== Taxonomy == The following species are recognised in the genus Xenocarcinus:
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