Xanthias (crab)

Xanthias
Xanthias punctatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Xanthinae
Genus: Xanthias
Rathbun, 1897
Type species
Xanthias lamarckii
(H. Milne Edwards, 1834)

Xanthias is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing two exclusively fossil species and the following extant species:

  • Xanthias canaliculatus Rathbun, 1906
  • Xanthias cherbonnieri Guinot, 1964
  • Xanthias claudiae Mendoza, 2023
  • Xanthias dawsoni Takeda & Webber, 2006
  • Xanthias gilbertensis Balss, 1938
  • Xanthias glabrous Edmondson, 1951
  • Xanthias inornatus (Rathbun, 1898)
  • Xanthias joanneae Mendoza, 2013
  • Xanthias lamarckii (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
  • Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1887)
  • Xanthias maculatus Sakai, 1961
  • Xanthias margaritata Finnegan, 1931
  • Xanthias nitidulus (Dana, 1852)
  • Xanthias oahuensis Edmondson, 1951
  • Xanthias punctatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)
  • Xanthias sinensis (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
  • Xanthias teres Davie, 1997