Loxorhynchus is a genus of crabs of the eastern Pacific Ocean in the family Epialtidae.

Loxorhynchus
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Subfamily: Pisinae
Genus: Loxorhynchus
Stimpson, 1857 [1]
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References

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  1. ^ "Loxorhynchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ M. E. Hendrickx & J. L. Cervantes (2003). "A new species of Loxorhynchus Stimpson (Decapoda, Majoidea, Pisidae) from the Pacific Coast of Mexico". Crustaceana. 76 (1): 103–113. doi:10.1163/156854003321672863.
 
Loxorhynchus crispatus (Masking Crab). Note small red strawberry anemones on the crab's back.

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