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Xenocarcinus
Sign in to saveXenocarcinus 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.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyEpialtidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, NMV, BPBM, UF, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Japan, Palau, Philippines, Fiji, Australia, Hawaiian Islands, Oman, Yemen
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Epialtinae
- Image
- Whip Coral Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) (44715963632).jpg
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- taxon name
- Xenocarcinus
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- genus
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- Xenocarcinus
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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