Acanthaxius

Acanthaxius
Acanthaxius hirsutimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Axiidae
Genus: Acanthaxius
Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Type species
Acanthaxius pilocheirus
Sakai, 1987 [1]

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] It includes the following species:[1][4]

  • Acanthaxius amakusana (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
  • Acanthaxius caespitosa (Squires, 1979)
  • Acanthaxius clevae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
  • Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
  • Acanthaxius gadaletae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
  • Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
  • Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
  • Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
  • Acanthaxius hirsutimanus (Boesch & Smalley, 1972)
  • Acanthaxius kirkmilleri Kensley, 1996
  • Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
  • Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
  • Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
  • Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
  • Acanthaxius polychaetes Sakai, 1994
  • Acanthaxius spinosissimus (Rathbun, 1906)

Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.[5]

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