Xenocarcinus
| Xenocarcinus | |
|---|---|
| Xenocarcinus tuberculatus | |
| Xenocarcinus conicus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Subfamily: | Epialtinae |
| Genus: | Xenocarcinus White, 1847[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Xenocarcinus tuberculatus | |
| Species | |
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See Taxonomy | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Huenioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 | |
Xenocarcinus is a genus of spider crabs in the family Epialtidae.[2] They inhabit soft corals at subtidal zones up to 70 meters in depth in the Indo-West Pacific region, being found in Réunion, Aldabra, the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Japan.[3] Xenocarcinus conicus and Xenocarcinus tuberculatus crabs found in Mu Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand, associated with gorgonians and wire coral, respectively.[4]
Taxonomy
The following species are recognised in the genus Xenocarcinus:[2]
- X. conicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)
- X. depressus Miers, 1874
- X. esakii Miyake, 1939
- X. longicornis Dai & Chen, 1992
- X. monoceros Sakai, 1938
- X. truncatifrons Balss, 1938
- X. tuberculatus White, 1847[1]
References
- ^ a b c White, Adam (1847). "Descriptions of a new genus and five new species of Crustacea. Appendix. No. VIII". Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842–1846: Together With an Excursion Into the Interior of the Eastern part of Java. By Jukes, J. Beete. Vol. II. New Bond Street, London: T. & W. Boone. pp. 335–338. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.59237.
- ^ a b c d e WoRMS. "Xenocarcinus White, 1847". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-11-16.
- ^ Naderloo, Reza (2017), "Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Spider Crabs, Decorator Crabs)", Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 125–143, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_16, ISBN 978-3-319-49372-5, retrieved 2025-11-16
- ^ Wisespongpand, Puntip; Jaingam, Wachirah; Wongissarakul, Kamonchanok; Nimprasert, Narinrat; Chantarawat, Nararat (2024-08-01). "Crab Biodiversity in Coral Reefs around Mu Koh Tao, Thailand, and the Role of Coral Crabs as Indicators of Habitat Loss Caused by Coral Bleaching". Journal of Fisheries and Environment. 48 (2): 165–180. doi:10.34044/j.jfe.2024.48.2.13. ISSN 2630-0826.