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Family Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 (Rubble Crabs, Stone Crabs, Rock Crabs)

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Carapace subhexagonal to transversely oval, broader than long, regions usually well defined, anterolateral margins convex, confluent with exorbital angle, with four to five denticles or lobes, usually distinctly separated from posterolateral margins. Front relatively narrow, normally with median notch. Orbits small, exorbital lobe small to indistinct, eyestalks short. Antennules folded transversely or obliquely. Antennae with basal antennal segment broad, short, inner angle usually touching front, distal segments entering orbit, antennal flagellum short and slender. Third maxillipeds covering whole buccal cavern, with quadrate-shaped merus. Abdomen of males with tightly fused somites 3–5, abdomen of females with freely moving somites. Genital opening of males coxal. Genital opening of females sternal. G1 various-sized and –shaped; G2 short.

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Naderloo, R. (2017). Family Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 (Rubble Crabs, Stone Crabs, Rock Crabs). In: Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_21

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