Acanthonyx is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae, which was first described in 1828 by. The type species is Acanthonyx lunulatus.
Species of this genus are found in the East and West Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Indian Ocean, and the west and east Pacific Ocean.
Species
Species so far known include:
- Acanthonyx consobrinus <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1862</small>
- Acanthonyx dentatus <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1834</small>
- Acanthonyx depressifrons <small>Manning & Holthuis, 1981</small>
- Acanthonyx dissimulatus <small>Coelho, 1993</small>
- Acanthonyx elongatus <small>Miers, 1877</small>
- Acanthonyx euryseroche <small>Griffin & Tranter, 1986</small>
- Acanthonyx formosa <small>Wu, Yu & Ng, 1999</small>
- Acanthonyx inglei <small>Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1988</small>
- Acanthonyx limbatus <small>A. Milne-Edwards, 1862</small>
- Acanthonyx lunulatus <small>(Risso, 1816)</small>
- Acanthonyx minor <small>Manning & Holthuis, 1981</small>
- ?Acanthonyx nodulosa <small>(Dana, 1852)</small>
- Acanthonyx petiverii <small>H. Milne-Edwards, 1834</small>
- Acanthonyx quadridentatus <small>Krauss, 1843</small>
- Acanthonyx sanctaehelenae <small>Chace, 1966</small>
- Acanthonyx scutellatus <small>MacLeay, 1838</small>
- Acanthonyx scutiformis <small>(Dana, 1851)</small>
- Acanthonyx undulatus <small>Barnard, 1947</small>
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