''Euryxanthops'' is a genus of

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...

s in the family

Xanthidae Xanthidae is a family (biology), family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for wh ...

. It was originally established in 1983 by Garth & Kim to contain three species of deep-water crabs from

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and the

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- '' Euryxanthops dorsiconvexus'', '' Euryxanthops flexidentatus'' and '' Euryxanthops orientalis''. Since then, several more species of this genus have been identified and described, and ''Euryxanthops'' currently contains:

References

Xanthidae Decapod genera {{Xanthoidea-stub