Xanthidae
Family of crabs
Xanthidae
Xantho poressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Clade :
Pancrustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Xanthoidea
Family:
Xanthidae Macleay , 1838
Subfamilies
Actaeinae Alcock, 1898
Banareiinae Števčić, 2005
Chlorodiellinae Ng & Holthuis, 2007
Cymoinae Alcock, 1898
Etisinae Ortmann, 1893
Euxanthinae Alcock, 1898
Glyptoxanthinae Mendoza & Guinot , 2011
Kraussiinae Ng , 1993
Liomerinae T. Sakai, 1976
Polydectinae Dana, 1851
Xanthinae MacLeay, 1838
Zosiminae Alcock, 1898
Xanthidae is a 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 which no antidote is known.[ better source needed ] The toxins are similar to the tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin produced by puffer fish , and may be produced by bacteria in the genus Vibrio living in symbiosis with the crabs, mostly V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus .[ better source needed ]
Classification
Many species formerly included in the family Xanthidae have since been moved to new families. Despite this, Xanthidae is still the largest crab family in terms of species richness , contanining the following subfamilies and genera:
Actaeinae Alcock, 1898
Actaea De Haan, 1833
Actaeodes Dana, 1851
Actaeops † Portell & Collins, 2004
Allactaea Williams, 1974
Eoxanthops † Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
Epiactaea Serène, 1984
Epiactaeodes Serène, 1984
Forestiana Guinot & Low, 2010
Gaillardiellus Guinot , 1976
Heteractaea Lockington, 1877
Lambropsis † Lőrenthey, 1907
Lobiactaea T. Sakai, 1983
Meractaea Serène, 1984
Novactaea Guinot , 1976
Odhnea Ng & Low, 2010
Paractaea Guinot , 1969
Paractaeopsis Serène, 1984
Phlyctenodes † A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
Platyactaea Guinot , 1967
Pseudoliomera Odhner, 1925
Pseudophlyctenodes † Busulini, Tessier & Beschin, 2006
Rata Davie, 1993
Serenius Guinot , 1976
Banareiinae Števčić, 2005
Chlorodiellinae Ng & Holthuis, 2007
Chlorodiella Rathbun, 1897
Cyclodius Dana, 1851
Liocarpilodes Klunzinger, 1913
Luniella Lasley, Klaus & Ng , 2015
Pilodius Dana, 1851
Ratha Lasley, Lai & Thoma, 2013
Soliella Lasley, Klaus & Ng , 2015
Sulcodius P. F. Clark & Ng , 1999
Tweedieia Ward, 1935
Vellodius Ng & Yang, 1998
Cymoinae Alcock, 1898
Etisinae Ortmann, 1893
Euxanthinae Alcock, 1898
Alainodaeus Davie, 1993
Batodaeus Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 2004
Carpoporus Stimpson, 1871
Cranaothus Ng , 1993
Crosnierius Serène & Vadon, 1981
Danielea Ng & P. F. Clark, 2003
Edwardsium Guinot , 1967
Epistocavea Davie, 1993
Euxanthus Dana, 1851
Gothus Yuan, Jiang, and Sha, 2024
Guinotellus Serène, 1971
Hepatoporus Serène, 1984
Hypocolpus Rathbun, 1897
Jacforus Ng & P. F. Clark, 2003
Ladomedaeus Števčić, 2005
Lipaesthesius Rathbun, 1898
Lipkemedaeus Števčić, 2011
Medaeops Guinot , 1967
Medaeus Dana, 1851
Miersiella Guinot , 1967
Monodaeus Guinot , 1967
Olenothus Ng , 2002
Palatigum Davie, 1997
Paramedaeus Guinot , 1967
Paraxanthodes Guinot , 1968
Pilomedaeus Takeda & Komatsu, 2011
Pleurocolpus Crosnier, 1995
Psaumis Kossmann, 1877
Rizalthus Mendoza & Ng , 2008
Takedax Mendoza & Ng , 2012
Visayax Mendoza & Ng , 2008
Glyptoxanthinae Mendoza & Guinot , 2011
Kraussiinae Ng , 1993
Liomerinae T. Sakai, 1976
Polydectinae Dana, 1851
Xanthinae MacLeay, 1838
Aldrovandiopanope Števčić, 2011
Aristotelopanope Števčić, 2011
Bottoxanthodes Števčić, 2011
Camilohelleria Števčić, 2011
Cataleptodius Guinot , 1968
Coralliope Guinot , 1967
Cycloxanthops Rathbun, 1897
Demania Laurie, 1906
Epixanthops Serène, 1984
Eurycassiope Mendoza, 2023
Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983
Gaudichaudia Rathbun, 1930
Guitonia Garth & Iliffe, 1992
Juxtaxanthias Ward, 1942
Lachnopodus Stimpson, 1858
Leptodius A. Milne-Edwards, 1863
Liagore De Haan, 1833
Lioxanthodes Calman, 1909
Macromedaeus Ward, 1942
Marratha Ng & P. F. Clark, 2003
Megametope Filhol, 1886
Megamia † Karasawa, 1993
Metaxanthops Serène, 1984
Metopoxantho † De Man, 1904
Neolioxantho Garth & Kim, 1983
Neoxanthias Ward, 1932
Neoxanthops Guinot , 1968
Orphnoxanthus Alcock, 1896
Ovatis Ng & H.-I. Chen, 2004
Palaeoxanthops † Karasawa, 1993
Paraxanthias Odhner, 1925
Paraxanthus Lucas, 1844
Pestoxanthodes Števčić, 2011
Pseudomedaeus Guinot , 1968
Wardoxanthops Števčić, 2011
Williamstimpsonia Števčić, 2011
Xanthias Rathbun, 1897
Xantho Leach, 1814
Xanthodius Stimpson, 1859
Zosiminae Alcock, 1898
Incertae sedis
Notes
↑ Provisionally placed in Euxanthinae, although its phylogenetic position is unstable.