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Xiphonectes
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Xiphonectes

Xiphonectes (from Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos), meaning "sword", and νήκτης (nḗktēs), meaning "swimmer") is a genus of crabs within the family Portunidae. Members of this genus are found distributed in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Xiphonectes longispinosus

speciesXiphonectes longispinosus

Xiphonectes iranjae

speciesXiphonectes iranjae

Xiphonectes macrophthalmus

speciesXiphonectes macrophthalmus

Xiphonectes hainanensis

speciesXiphonectes hainanensis

Xiphonectes stephensoni

speciesXiphonectes stephensoni

Xiphonectes latibrachium

speciesXiphonectes latibrachium

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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 701383.