Pleistacantha oryx
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| Pleistacantha oryx | |
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| A specimen in Takeeshima aquarium | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Oregoniidae |
| Genus: | Pleistacantha |
| Species: | P. oryx |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleistacantha oryx Ortmann, 1893 | |
Pleistacantha oryx is a species of spider crab. It has a different distribution pattern from Pleistacantha maxima, with its range requiring clarification following the separation of these previously confused species.[1]
