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Polyonyx
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Polyonyx

Polyonyx is a genus of porcelain crabs in the family Porcellanidae. There are at least 42 described species in Polyonyx.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Polyonyx transversus

speciesPolyonyx transversus

Eastern Tube Crab

speciesPolyonyx gibbesi

Polyonyx obesulus

speciesPolyonyx obesulus

Polyonyx sinensis

speciesPolyonyx sinensis

Polyonyx nitidus

speciesPolyonyx nitidus

Polyonyx boucheti

speciesPolyonyx boucheti

Polyonyx splendidus

speciesPolyonyx splendidus

Polyonyx pedalis

speciesPolyonyx pedalis

Polyonyx similis

speciesPolyonyx similis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53628.