373 Species in Family Xanthidae
Nominal species list for Xanthidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Actaea acantha (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Spinose rubble crab
Actaea allisoni Garth, 1985
Actaea bifrons Rathbun, 1898 Areolate rubble crab
Actaea calculosa (Milne Edwards, 1834) Facetted crabs
Actaea glandifera Rathbun, 1914
Actaea jacquelinae Guinot, 1976
Actaea peronii (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Actaea polyacantha (Heller, 1861)
Actaea pura Stimpson, 1858
Actaea savignii (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Actaea savigryi (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Actaea spinosissima Borradaile, 1902
Actaea spongiosa (Dana, 1852)
Actaeodes consobrinus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Actaeodes hirsutissimus (Rüppell, 1830)
Actaeodes mutatus Guinot, 1976
Actaeodes tomentosus (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Alainodaeus akiaki Davie, 1993
Alainodaeus alis Davie, 1997
Alainodaeus filipinus Mendoza & Ng, 2008
Alainodaeus nuku Davie, 1997
Alainodaeus rimatara Davie, 1993
Allactaea lithostrota Williams, 1974
Antrocarcinus petrosus Ng & Chia, 1994
Atergatis dilatatus De Haan, 1835
Atergatis floridus (Linnaeus, 1767) Green egg crab
Atergatis granulatus de Man, 1889
Atergatis integerrimus (Lamarck, 1801) Red egg crab
Atergatis laevigatus Milne-Edwards, 1865
Atergatis latissimus (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Atergatis obtusus Milne-Edwards, 1865
Atergatis reticulatus (De Haan, 1835)
Atergatis roseus (Rueppell, 1930)
Atergatis subdentatus (De Haan, 1835)
Atergatopsis germaini Milne-Edwards, 1865
Atergatopsis granulata Milne-Edwards, 1865
Atergatopsis lucasii Montrouzier,
Atergatopsis signata (Adams & White, 1848) Giant egg crab
Banareia armata Milne-Edwards, 1869
Banareia banareias (Rathbun, 1911)
Banareia fatuhiva Davie, 1993
Banareia japonica (Odhner, 1925)
Banareia nobilii (Odhner, 1925)
Banareia palmeri (Rathbun, 1894) Hoary rubble crab
Banareia parvula (Krauss, 1843)
Banareia subglobosa (Stimpson, 1858)
Banareia villosa (Rathbun, 1906)
Bruciana pediger (Alcock, 1898)
Calvactaea tumida Ward, 1933
Carpoporus papulosus Stimpson, 1871 Narrowfront rubble crab
Cataleptodius floridanus (Gibbes, 1850) Spoonfinger rubble crab
Chlorodiella barbata (Borradaile, 1900)
Chlorodiella corallicola Miyake & Takeda, 1968
Chlorodiella crispipleopa Dai, Yang, Song & Chen, 1986
Chlorodiella cytherea (Dana, 1852)
Chlorodiella davaoensis Ward, 1941
Chlorodiella laevissima (Dana, 1852)
Chlorodiella longimana (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Longhand rubble crab
Chlorodiella nigra (Forsskål, 1775)
Chlorodiella xishaensis Chen & Lan, 1978
Chlorodopsis nigrocrinita (Stimpson)
Chlorodopsis philippinensis Ward, 1941
Cranaothus deforgesi Ng, 1993
Crosnierius carinatus Serène & Vadon, 1981
Cyclodius drachi Guinot, 1964
Cyclodius granulatus (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1877)
Cyclodius granulosus De Man, 1888
Cyclodius nitidus (Dana, 1852)
Cyclodius obscurus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Cyclodius ungulatus (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Cycloxanthops novemdentatus (Lockington, 1876) Ninetooth pebble crab
Cycloxanthops vittatus (Stimpson, 1860)
Cymo andreossyi (Audouin, 1826) Hairy coral crab
Cymo cerasma Morgan, 1990
Cymo deplanatus Milne-Edwards, 1873
Cymo melanodactylus de Haan, 1833 Blue eyed crab
Cymo quadrilobatus Miers, 1884
Cyrtocarcinus truncatus (Rathbun, 1906)
Danielea noelensis (Ward, 1934)
Demania crosnieri Serène, 1984
Demania cultripes (Alcock, 1898)
Demania garthi Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
Demania intermedia Guinot, 1969
Demania mortenseni (Odhner, 1925)
Demania reynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Demania rotundata (Serène in Guinot, 1969)
Demania scaberrima (Walker, 1887)
Demania toxica Garth, 1971
Demania wardi Garth & Ng, 1985
Edwardsium spinimanum (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Epiactaea margaritifera (Odhner, 1925)
Epiactaea nodulosa (White, 1848)
Epiactaeodes pictus (Zehntner, 1894)
Epistocavea mururoa Davie, 1993
Etisus anaglyptus Milne Edwards, 1834
Etisus australis (Ward, 1936)
Etisus bargibanti Crosnier, 1987
Etisus bifrontalis (Edmondson, 1935)
Etisus demani Odhner, 1925
Etisus dentatus (Herbst, 1785) Spiny spooner
Etisus electra (Herbst, 1801)
Etisus frontalis (Dana, 1852)
Etisus laboutei Crosnier, 1987
Etisus laevimanus Randall, 1840 Smooth spooner
Etisus maculatus (Stimpson, 1860) Blackfinger rubble crab
Etisus odhneri Takeda, 1971
Etisus punctatus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
Etisus rhynchophorus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Etisus splendidus Rathbun, 1906 Splendid spooner
Etisus utilis Jacquinot, 1852 Sawedged spooner
Etisus villosus Clark & Galil, 1995
Euryxanthops chiltoni Ng & McLay, 2007
Euryxanthops latifrons Davie, 1997
Euxanthus exsculptus (Herbst, 1790)
Euxanthus herdmani Laurie, 1906
Euxanthus huonii (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Euxanthus ruali Guinot, 1971
Euxanthus rugosus Miers, 1884
Forestiana depressa (White, 1848)
Forestiana pascua (Garth, 1985)
Forestiana scabra (Odhner, 1925)
Gaillardiellus alphonsi (Nobili, 1905)
Gaillardiellus bathus Davie, 1997
Gaillardiellus holthuisi Takeda & Komatsu, 2010
Gaillardiellus orientalis (Odhner, 1925)
Gaillardiellus rueppelli (Krauss, 1843)
Gaillardiellus superciliaris (Odhner, 1925)
Garthasia americana (Garth, 1939)
Garthasia ludaoensis Hsueh, 2020
Garthiella aberrans (Rathbun, 1906)
Glyptocarcinus politus Ng & Chia, 1994
Glyptoxanthus erosus (Stimpson, 1859) Eroded mud crab
Glyptoxanthus vermiculatus (Lamarck, 1818)
Gonopanope areolata (Rathbun, 1898) Smooth-hand mud crab
Guinotellus melvillensis Serène, 1971
Hepatoporus guinotae (Zarenkov, 1971)
Hepatoporus orientalis (Sakai, 1935)
Hepatoporus pumex Mendoza & Ng, 2008
Heteractaea ceratopus (Stimpson, 1860) Horned mud crab
Heteractaea lunata (Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1843) Fuzzy mud crab
Hypocolpus abbotti (Rathbun, 1894)
Hypocolpus diverticulatus (Strahl, 1861)
Hypocolpus haanii Rathbun, 1909
Hypocolpus kurodai Takeda, 1980
Hypocolpus mararae Crosnier, 1991
Hypocolpus rugosus (Henderson, 1893)
Jacforus cavatus (Rathbun, 1907)
Juxtaxanthias intonsus (Randall, 1840) Bearded crab
Juxtaxanthias lividus (Latreille, 1812)
Juxtaxanthias tetraodon (Heller, 1862)
Lachnopodus bidentatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Lachnopodus ponapensis (Rathbun, 1907)
Lachnopodus subacutus (Stimpson, 1858)
Lachnopodus tahitensis de Man, 1889
Ladomedaeus fungillus Manuel-Santos & Ng, 2007
Leptodius davaoensis Ward, 1941
Leptodius exaratus (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Fan round crab
Leptodius gracilis (Dana, 1852) Round crab
Leptodius nudipes (Dana, 1852)
Leptodius sanguineus (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Leptodius waialuanus Rathbun, 1906
Liagore rubromaculata (De Haan, 1835)
Linnaeoxanthus acanthomerus (Rathbun, 1911)
Liocarpilodes armiger (Nobili, 1905)
Liocarpilodes biunguis (Rathbun, 1906)
Liocarpilodes harmsi (Balss, 1934)
Liocarpilodes integerrimus (Dana, 1852)
Liomera bella (Dana, 1852) Pretty liomera
Liomera cinctimanus (White, 1847) Colorful reef crab
Liomera edwardsi Kossmann, 1877
Liomera laperousei Garth, 1985
Liomera loevis (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Liomera margaritata (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Liomera monticulosa (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Liomera nigrimanus Davie, 1997
Liomera pallida (Borradaile, 1900)
Liomera rubra (Milne-Edwards, 1865) Red liomera
Liomera rugata (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Corrugated liomera
Liomera rugipes (Heller, 1861)
Liomera semigranosa de Man, 1888
Liomera stimpsonii (Milne-Edwards, 1865)
Liomera striolata (Odhner, 1925)
Liomera supernodosa Rathbun, 1906 Knotted liomera
Liomera tristis (Dana, 1852)
Liomera venosa (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Liomera virgata (Rathbun, 1906)
Liomera yaldwyni Takeda & Webber, 2006
Lioxanthodes alcocki Calman, 1909
Lipkemera rufomaculata (Davie, 1993)
Lophozozymus anaglyptus (Heller, 1861)
Lophozozymus bertonciniae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981
Lophozozymus cristatus Milne-Edwards, 1867
Lophozozymus dodone (Herbst, 1801)
Lophozozymus edwardsi Odhner, 1925
Lophozozymus erinnyes Ng & Chia, 1997
Lophozozymus evestigatus Guinot, 1977
Lophozozymus glaber Ortmann, 1843
Lophozozymus guezei Guinot, 1977
Lophozozymus incisus (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Lophozozymus pictor (Fabricius, 1798) Mosaic reef crab
Lophozozymus pulchellus Milne-Edwards, 1867
Lophozozymus superbus (Dana, 1852)
Luniella pugil (Dana, 1852)
Luniella spinipes (Heller, 1860)
Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1898)
Lybia edmondsoni Takeda & Miyake, 1970 Pom-pom crab
Lybia leptochelis (Zehntner, 1894)
Lybia plumosa Barnard, 1947
Lybia tessellata (Latreille, 1812) Boxer crab
Lybia tutelina Tan & Ng, 1994
Macromedaeus adelus Mendoza, 2021
Macromedaeus crassimanus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Macromedaeus distinguendus (De Haan, 1835)
Macromedaeus hainanensis Yuan, Jiang & Sha, 2022
Macromedaeus nudipes (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Macromedaeus quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843)
Macromedaeus voeltzkowi (Lenz, 1905)
Medaeops gemini Davie, 1997
Medaeops granulosus (Haswell, 1882)
Medaeops merodontos Davie, 1997
Medaeops neglectus (Balss, 1922)
Medaeops serenei Ng & McLay, 2007
Medaeus aztec Davie, 1997
Medaeus danielita Mendoza & Ng, 2010
Medaeus elegans Milne-Edwards, 1867
Medaeus grandis Davie, 1993
Medaeus ornatus Dana, 1852
Medaeus spinulifer (Rathbun, 1898)
Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871 Delicate coral crab
Meractaea multidentata Davie, 1997
Meractaea tafai Davie, 1993
Metaxanthops acutus Serène, 1984
Microcassiope granulimana (Stimpson, 1871)
Microcassiope minor (Dana, 1852)
Microcassiope xantusii (Stimpson, 1871)
Micropanope lata (Faxon, 1893)
Micropanope lobifrons Milne-Edwards, 1880 Lobefront mud crab
Micropanope nuttingi (Rathbun, 1898) Beaded mud crab
Micropanope pusilla Milne-Edwards, 1880 Puffy mud crab
Micropanope sculptipes Stimpson, 1871 Sculptured mud crab
Micropanope sexlobata Rathbun, 1906
Micropanope urinator (Milne-Edwards, 1881) Thorny mud crab
Miersiella cavifrons Takeda, 1989
Miersiella haswelli (Miers, 1886)
Monodaeus couchii (Couch, 1851) Couch rubble crab
Monodaeus pettersoni Garth, 1985
Monodaeus tuberculidens (Rathbun, 1911)
Nanocassiope alcocki (Rathbun, 1902)
Nanocassiope oblonga Davie, 1995
Nanocassiope truncatifrons (Rathbun, 1898)
Neoliomera demani Forest & Guinot, 1961
Neoliomera insularis (White)
Neoliomera praetexta (Rathbun, 1906)
Neoliomera pubescens (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Strawberry crab
Neoliomera richteroides Sakai, 1969
Neoliomera richtersii (de Man, 1889)
Neoliomera sabaea (Nobili, 1905)
Neoliomera themisto (De Man, 1889)
Neoliomera variolosa (Milne-Edwards)
Neoxanthias impressus (Latreille, 1812)
Neoxanthias lacunosus (Rathbun, 1906)
Neoxanthops cavatus (Rathbun, 1907)
Neoxanthops lineatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Novactaea bella Guinot, 1976
Novactaea pulchella (Milne-Edwards, 1865)
Palatigum trichostoma Davie, 1997
Paractaea excentrica Guinot, 1969
Paractaea garretti (Rathbun, 1906)
Paractaea nodosa (Stimpson, 1860)
Paractaea retusa (Nobili, 1905)
Paractaea rufopunctata (Milne-Edwards, 1834) nodose rubble crab
Paractaea secundarathbunae Guinot, 1969
Paractaea sulcata (Stimpson, 1860)
Paractaea tumulosa (Odhner, 1925)
Paractaeopsis quadriareolata (Takeda & Miyake, 1968)
Paraliomera dispar (Stimpson, 1871) Black coral crab
Paraliomera longimana (Milne-Edwards, 1865) Longarm coral crab
Paramedaeus globosus Serène & Vadon, 1981
Paramedaeus megagomphios Davie, 1997
Paramedaeus octogesimus Ng & Clark, 2002
Paramedaeus planifrons (Sakai, 1965)
Paramedaeus simplex (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Parapilumnus cristimanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Parapilumnus oryctos Ng, 2002
Paraxanthias taylori (Stimpson, 1861) Lumpy rubble crab
Paraxanthodes cumatodes (McGilchrist, 1905)
Paraxanthodes obtusidens (Sakai, 1965)
Paraxanthodes polynesiensis Davie, 1993
Paraxanthus barbiger (Poeppig, 1836)
Paraxanthias elegans (Stimpson, 1858)
Paraxanthias gibsonhilli Tweedie, 1950
Paraxanthias notatus (Dana, 1852)
Paraxanthias pachydactylus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Phymodius monticulosus (Dana, 1852)
Phymodius ungulatus (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Pilodius areolatus (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Areolated xanthid crab
Pilodius cephalalgicus Clark & Galil, 1993
Pilodius consors Clark & Galil, 1993
Pilodius granulatus Stimpson, 1858
Pilodius kauaiensis (Edmondson, 1962)
Pilodius maotieni Serène, 1971
Pilodius nigrocrinitus Stimpson, 1858
Pilodius paumotensis Rathbun, 1907
Pilodius pilumnoides (White, 1847)
Pilodius pubescens Dana, 1852
Pilodius scabriculus Dana, 1852
Platyactaea dovii (Stimpson, 1871)
Platyactaea setigera (Milne-Edwards, 1834) Bristled rubble crab
Platypodia cristata (Milne-Edwards, 1865)
Platypodia delli Takeda & Webber, 2006
Platypodia eydouxi (Milne-Edwards, 1865) Red-eyed xanthid crab
Platypodia granulosa (Rüppell, 1830) Crested reef crab
Platypodia keelingi Tweedie, 1950
Platypodia morini (Ward, 1942)
Platypodia pseudogranulosa Serène, 1984
Platypodia semigranosa (Heller, 1861)
Platypodia tomentosa (De Man, 1902)
Platypodiella gemmata (Rathbun, 1902)
Platypodiella rotundata (Stimpson, 1860)
Platypodiella spectabilis (Herbst, 1794) Gaudy clown crab
Pleurocolpus boileaui Crosnier, 1995
Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille, 1812) Teddy-bear crab
Psaumis cavipes (Dana, 1852)
Psaumis cellulosa (Dana, 1852)
Pseudactaea multicristata (Zehntner, 1894)
Pseudoliomera granosimana Milne-Edwards, 1865
Pseudoliomera helleri (Milne-Edwards, 1865)
Pseudoliomera lata (Borradaile, 1902)
Pseudoliomera paraspeciosa (Ward, 1941)
Pseudoliomera remota (Rathbun, 1907)
Pseudoliomera ruppellioides (Odhner, 1925)
Pseudoliomera speciosa (Dana, 1852) Showy xanthid crab
Pseudoliomera variolosa (Borradaile, 1902)
Pseudoliomera violacea (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Pseudomedaeus agassizii (Milne-Edwards, 1880) Rough rubble crab
Pseudomedaeus distinctus (Rathbun, 1898) Armed rubble crab
Rata chalcal Davie, 1997
Rata tuamotense Davie, 1993
Rizalthus anconis Mendoza & Ng, 2008
Serenius pilosus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Speocarcinus carolinensis Stimpson, 1859
Soliella flava (Rathbun, 1894)
Sulcodius deflexus (Dana, 1852)
Tweedieia laysani (Rathbun, 1906)
Tweedieia odhneri (Gordon, 1934)
Visayax estampadori Mendoza & Ng, 2008
Visayax osteodictyon Mendoza & Ng, 2008
Xanthias canaliculatus Rathbun, 1906
Xanthias cherbonnieri Guinot, 1964
Xanthias dawsoni Takeda & Webber, 2006
Xanthias gilbertensis Balss, 1938
Xanthias glabrous Edmondson, 1951
Xanthias inornatus (Rathbun, 1898)
Xanthias lamarcki (Milne-Edwards, 1834)
Xanthias latifrons (De Man, 1888) Broad-fronted crab
Xanthias maculatus Sakai, 1961
Xanthias nitidulus (Dana, 1852)
Xanthias punctatus (Milne Edwards, 1834)
Xanthias sinensis (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Xanthias teres Davie, 1997
Xantho granulicarpus Forest, 1953
Xantho incisus unspecified
Xantho pilipes unspecified
Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) Jaguar round crab
Xanthodius americanus (de Saussure, 1858)
Xanthodius cooksoni (Miers, 1877)
Xanthodius denticulatus (White, 1848) Denticulate rubble crab
Zalasius horii Miyake, 1940 Paddington bear crab
Zosimus actaeoides (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758) Devil crab
Zozymodes cavipes (Dana, 1852)
Zozymodes pumilus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
Zozymodes xanthoides (Krauss, 1843)
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