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Acanthonyx Latreille 1828

Description

Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828

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.

Notes

Published as part of In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Epialtidae
Genus
Acanthonyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Taxon rank
genus
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 sec. In, 2022

References

  • Risso, A. (1816) Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces des Environs de Nice. Librairie Grecque-Latine-Allemande, Paris, 175 pp., 3 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8992
  • Milne-Edwards, A. (1869) Description de quelques especes nouvelles de Crustaces provenant du voyage de M. A. Bouvier aux Iles du Cap Vert. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 21, 350 - 355, 374 - 378, 409 - 412.