Glyptoxanthus

Glyptoxanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Glyptoxanthinae
Mendoza & Guinot, 2011
Genus: Glyptoxanthus
A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Type species
Actaea erosa
Stimpson, 1859

Glyptoxanthus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1] It was originally erected by Alphonse Milne-Edwards in 1879 for six species previously placed in the genus Actaea and elsewhere.[2] Although previously included in subfamily Euxanthinae, the genus has a quite distinct morphology from other genera in that group, and was placed in 2011 in the new, monotypic subfamily, Glyptoxanthinae by Jose Christopher Mendoza and Danièle Guinot.[2]

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