''Euryxanthops chiltoni'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
found in the
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
Exclusive Economic Zone.
It was first described by
Colin McLay
Colin McLay (1942-2022) was a New Zealand marine biologist and carcinologist. Educated at the University of Otago and the University of British Columbia, he served as an Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Canterbury. He di ...
and
Peter Ng in a 2007 paper, along with ''
Medaeops serenei
''Medaeops'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
*''Medaeops edwardsi'' Guinot, 1967
*''Medaeops gemini'' Davie, 1997
*''Medaeops granulosus'' (Haswell, 1882)
*''Medaeops merodontos'' Davie, 1997
*''Me ...
''.
References
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Xanthoidea
Crustaceans described in 2007