Paraxanthias

Paraxanthias
Paraxanthias taylori
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Xanthidae
Subfamily:	Xanthinae
Genus:	Paraxanthias Odhner, 1925

Paraxanthias is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing one exclusively fossil species[1] and the following extant species:[2][3]

• Paraxanthias elegans (Stimpson, 1858)
• Paraxanthias eriphioides (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
• Paraxanthias flavescens (Rathbun, 1906)
• Paraxanthias hirtipes (Stimpson, 1871)
• Paraxanthias notatus (Dana, 1852)
• Paraxanthias pachydactylus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
• Paraxanthias parvus (Borradaile, 1900)
• Paraxanthias taylori (Stimpson, 1861)

References

1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
2. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
3. De Grave, Sammy (2019). "Paraxanthias Odhner, 1925". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 October 2024.