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Xiphonectes | |
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Xiphonectes longispinosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Portunidae |
Subfamily: | Portuninae |
Genus: | Xiphonectes A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 |
Type species | |
Amphitrite vigilans Dana, 1852
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Xiphonectes is a genus of crabs within the family Portunidae.[1] Members of this genus are found distributed in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]