Acanthaxius

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Acanthaxius
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Acanthaxius hirsutimanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Axiidae
Genus: Acanthaxius
Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Type species
Acanthaxius pilocheirus
Sakai, 1987 [1]

Acanthaxius is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific oceans.[2] It has a slender rostrum which is longer than the eyestalks, is spinose and has seven spines[3] and has a depth range of 228–438 metres (748–1,437 ft).[4]

Species

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The genus Acanthaxius includes the following species:[1]

Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.[5]

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