| Loxorhynchus | |
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| Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae |
| Subfamily: | Pisinae |
| Genus: | Loxorhynchus Stimpson, 1857 [1] |
| Species | |
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See text | |
Loxorhynchus is a genus of crabs of the eastern Pacific Ocean in the family Epialtidae.
Species
- Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857 — masking crab or moss crab
- Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857 — sheep crab
- Loxorhynchus guinotae Hendrickx & Cervantes, 2003 [2]
References
- ↑ "Loxorhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ M. E. Hendrickx & J. L. Cervantes (2003). "A new species of Loxorhynchus Stimpson (Decapoda, Majoidea, Pisidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico". Crustaceana. 76 (1): 103–113. doi:10.1163/156854003321672863.
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Loxorhynchus crispatus (Masking Crab). Note small red strawberry anemones on the crab's back.
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