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Xenograpsidae

Also known as: Strange Shore Crabs, ホウキガニ科, 怪方蟹科

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyXenograpsidae
Published inNg, N. K., Davie, P. J. F., Schubart, C. D., & Ng, P. K. L. (2007). Xenograpsidae, a new family of grapsoid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) associated with shallow water hydrothermal vents. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 16: 233–256. https://w
HabitatMARINE
Genera1
Species records held3
Descendant taxa (GBIF)6
GBIF key4648917

Genera in Xenograpsidae

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.