See Taxonomy

Synonyms[2]

Huenioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Xenocarcinus is a genus of spider crabs in the household Epialtidae. [3] Xenocarcinus conicus and Xenocarcinus tuberculatus crabs had been found in Mu Koh Tao, western Gulf of Thailand, related to gorgonians and wire coral, respectively. [4] [2] They inhabit delicate corals at subtidal zones as much as 70 meters in depth in the Indo-West Pacific area, being present in Réunion, Aldabra, the Pink Sea, the Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago and Japan.

Taxonomy
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The next species are recognised within the genus Xenocarcinus:[2]

X. conicus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)

X. depressus Miers, 1874

X. esakii Miyake, 1939

X. longicornis Dai & Chen, 1992

X. monoceros Sakai, 1938

X. truncatifrons Balss, 1938

X. tuberculatus White, 1847[1]

^ a b c White, Adam (1847). “Descriptions of a new genus and five new species of Crustacea. Appendix. No. VIII”. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N. Vol. II. New Bond Street, London: T. & W. Boone. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. pp. 335-338. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.59237. By Jukes, J. Beete. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, Through the Years 1842-1846: Along with an Excursion Into the Interior of the Japanese a part of Java.

^ a b c d e WoRMS. “Xenocarcinus White, 1847”. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2025-11-16.

^ Naderloo, Reza (2017), “Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Spider Crabs, Decorator Crabs)”, Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf, Cham: Springer Worldwide Publishing, pp. 125-143, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49374-9_16, ISBN 978-3-319-49372-5, retrieved 2025-11-16citation: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

^ Wisespongpand, Puntip; Jaingam, Wachirah; Wongissarakul, Kamonchanok; Nimprasert, Narinrat; Chantarawat, Nararat (2024-08-01). “Crab Biodiversity in Coral Reefs around Mu Koh Tao, Thailand, and the Position of Coral Crabs as Indicators of Habitat Loss Attributable to Coral Bleaching”. Journal of Fisheries. Atmosphere. Forty eight (2): 165-180. doi:10.34044/j.jfe.2024.48.2.13. ISSN 2630-0826.

Wikidata: Q18593151

AFD: Xenocarcinus

CoL: 7Q6QB

GBIF: 4375210

iNaturalist: 200956

IRMNG: 1261176

Open Tree of Life: 4667094

WoRMS: 204916

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