Acanthaxius Explained

Acanthaxius is a genus of mud lobster native to the Indo-Pacific oceans.^[1] It has a slender rostrum which is longer than the eyestalks, is spinose and has seven spines^[2] and has a depth range of 228-.^[3]

Species

The genus Acanthaxius includes the following species:

Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 1998. CSIRO Publishing. 978-0-643-06791-2. 12 June 2012. 450.
2. Brian Kensley . 1996 . A new species of the axiid shrimp genus Acanthaxius from the Caribbean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) . . 109 . 1 . 70–74 .
3. Gary C. B. Poore & David B. Collins . 2009 . Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) . . 66 . 2 . 221–287 . 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.20 .
4. Nguyen Ngoc-Ho . 2006 . Three species of Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989, including two new to science, from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia (Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Axiidae) . . 1240 . 57–68 . 10.11646/zootaxa.1240.1.2 .