Xiphonectes
| Xiphonectes | |
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| Xiphonectes longispinosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Portunidae |
| Subfamily: | Portuninae |
| Genus: | Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 |
| Type species | |
| Amphitrite vigilans Dana, 1852 | |
Xiphonectes (from Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos), meaning "sword", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs within the family Portunidae.[1] Members of this genus are found distributed in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
[edit]- Xiphonectes aculeatus Koch & Ďuriš, 2019
- Xiphonectes bidens (Laurie, 1906)
- Xiphonectes gracillimus (Stimpson, 1858)
- Xiphonectes guinotae (Stephenson & Rees, 1961)
- Xiphonectes hainanensis (Chen, 1986)
- Xiphonectes iranjae (Crosnier, 1962)
- Xiphonectes latibrachium (Rathbun, 1906)
- Xiphonectes leptocheles A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Xiphonectes longispinosus (Dana, 1852)
- Xiphonectes macrophthalmus (Rathbun, 1906)
- Xiphonectes paralatibrachium (Crosnier, 2002)
- Xiphonectes stephensoni (Moosa, 1981)
- Xiphonectes tenuicaudatus (Stephenson, 1961)
- Xiphonectes tuerkayi Spiridonov, 2016
References
[edit]- ↑ Ahyong, Shane T. (14 June 2022). "Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ↑ "Xiphonectes A.Milne-Edwards, 1873". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
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