Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828

In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 5146, pp. 1-129 : 26

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7626249

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scientific name

Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
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Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Maia lunulata Risso, 1816 [Type locality: Nice , France] .

Remarks. Acanthonyx lunulatus ( Risso, 1816) and A. petiverii H. Milne Edwards, 1834 , are wide-ranging and morphologically variable and this may account for them having far more subjective junior synonyms than the other species in the genus. Tavares et al. (2017) recently clarified the status of A. brevifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 , recognized as a valid species based on molecular and morphological characters. Acanthonyx petiverii , along with all its junior synonym species, badly needs a taxonomic revision based on material from the various parts of its geographical range.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Epialtidae

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