Euryxanthops
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| Euryxanthops | |
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| Euryxanthops cepros | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Xanthinae |
| Genus: | Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983 |
Euryxanthops is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae. It was originally established in 1983 by Garth & Kim to contain three species of deep-water crabs from Japan and the Philippines - Euryxanthops dorsiconvexus, Euryxanthops flexidentatus and Euryxanthops orientalis.[1] Since then, several more species of this genus have been identified and described, and Euryxanthops currently contains:[2]
- Euryxanthops cepros Davie, 1997
- Euryxanthops chiltoni Ng & McLay, 2007
- Euryxanthops dorsiconvexus Garth & Kim, 1983
- Euryxanthops flexidentatus Garth & Kim, 1983
- Euryxanthops latifrons Davie, 1997
- Euryxanthops orientalis (Sakai, 1939)
