Euryxanthops cepros

Euryxanthops cepros
Preserved specimen of Euryxanthops cepros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Euryxanthops
Species:
E. cepros
Binomial name
Euryxanthops cepros
Davie, 1997

Euryxanthops cepros is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae. It was described by Peter Davie in 1997 from specimens collected in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.

The species was collected at depths of about 250–300 metres during the CEPROS expedition. The holotype and paratypes are held in the crustacean collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.


References

  1. ↑ "Euryxanthops cepros - Overview - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Davie, P. J. F. (1997). "Crustacea Decapoda: deep water Xanthoidea from the south-western Pacific and the Indian Ocean". Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 176: 337–387.
  3. ↑ "Euryxanthops cepros Davie, 1997". Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
  4. ↑ "Set of 3 specimens - Paratype(s) Euryxanthops cepros Davie, 1997". Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 8 October 2026.