Acanthonyx
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| Acanthonyx | |
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| Acanthonyx dentatus on multicoloured seafan Melithaea rubra off Cape Peninsula | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Subfamily: | Epialtinae |
| Genus: | Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 |
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Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by.[1][2] The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.[1]
Species of this genus are found in the East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the west and east Pacific Ocean.[3]
