Acanthaxius
Genus of crustaceans
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Acanthaxius is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific oceans.[2] It has a slender rostrum which is longer than the eyestalks, is spinose and has seven spines[3] and has a depth range of 228–438 metres (748–1,437 ft).[4]
| Acanthaxius | |
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| Acanthaxius hirsutimanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Axiidae |
| Genus: | Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthaxius pilocheirus Sakai, 1987 [1] | |
Species
The genus Acanthaxius includes the following species:[1]
- †Acanthaxius carinatus Franţescu, 2014
- Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius kashimaensis Sakai, 2017
- Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
- Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
- Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius sapulo Poore, 2020
Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.[5]
