Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs.[1] Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is known.[2][better source needed] The toxins are similar to the tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin produced by puffer fish, and may be produced by bacteria in the genus Vibrio living in symbiosis with the crabs, mostly V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus.[2][better source needed]
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^ abRia Tan (2008). "Xanthid crabs: Family Xanthidae". Wild Singapore. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly...
dark-finger coral crab or eyed coral crab, is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. Atergatis subdentatus has a compact shape, and may appear either uniform...
the family Panopeidae, such as Panopeus herbstii Members of the family Xanthidae Helice crassa, the tunnelling mud crab This page is an index of articles...
Atergatis roseus, the pancake crab, is a species of reef crab from the family Xanthidae with a natural range extending from the Red Sea to Fiji. It has colonised...
Lophozozymus pictor, the mosaic reef crab is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. The word "pictor" in Latin means painter. Its appearance is a body of...
Homolidae is paraphyletic with respect to Latreilliidae The Xanthoidea family Xanthidae is paraphyletic with respect to Panopeidae Both the constellation Cancer...
Atlanto-Mediterranean species of the genus Xantho (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) based on genetic and morphometric analyses". Marine Biology. 148 (4):...
referred to as the ninetooth pebble crab, is a small crab in the family Xanthidae. C. novemdentatus is typically brown or red in color, but can also be...
Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae [Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae and Trapeziidae]...
Kraussia rugulosa is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Kraussia. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie...
Rizalthus anconis is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Rizalthus. Jose Christopher E. Mendoza & Peter K.L. Ng...
"Toxins extracted from Australian specimens of the crab, Eriphia sebana (Xanthidae)". Toxicon. 27 (5): 579–86. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(89)90119-0. PMID 2749756...
shawl crab, is a species of tropical Indo-Pacific crab from the family Xanthidae. The meat of this crab is toxic, even if cooked, and consumption often...
Lybia tessellata is a species of small crab in the family Xanthidae. It is found in shallow parts of the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Like other members...
Guinotellus melvillensis is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Guinotellus. It is a benthic crab with an ovate...
Visayax is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: Visayax estampadori Mendoza & Ng, 2008 Visayax osteodictyon Mendoza...
Lophozozymus pulchellus is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. The carapace contains some granular crests, and has a pattern of fine red lines...
Eucratodes agassizii is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Eucratodes. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J...
Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus. Together with the genus Lybia, it forms...
butterflies (include Monarch butterfly) Battus (butterfly) Gorilla crabs (Xanthidae) Some members of the genus Palythoa produce the highly toxic palytoxin...
Metaxanthops acutus is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Metaxanthops. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter...
Lybia is a genus of small crabs in the family Xanthidae. Their common names include boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs. They are notable for...
Guitonia troglophila is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Guitonia. Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J....
Phlyctenodes is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following fossil species: Phlyctenodes dalpaizi Fabiani, 1911 Phlyctenodes krenneri...
Pseudactaea is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: Pseudactaea corallina (Alcock, 1898) Pseudactaea multiareolata...
crab, or simply the clown crab is a small species of crab in the family Xanthidae that is native to the Gulf of Mexico. P. spectabilis is relatively small...
(1962). "Xanthidae of Hawaii". Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii. XXII (13). Tweedie, M. W. F. (1950). "Xanthidae of Hawaii"...
Demania is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: Demania alcocki Deb, 1987 Demania armadillus (Herbst, 1790) Demania...
Neoxanthias is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: Neoxanthias impressus (Latreille, 1812) Neoxanthias lacunosus...
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