Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Majoidea > Family Epialtidae > Subfamily Epialtinae

Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthonyx brevifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1869
Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816)

Literature

original description	Latreille, [P.A.]. (1825-1828). Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1-344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345-832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828; see Evenhuis, 2002 (Zootaxa 166)].
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106896