Xiphonectes

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]

Xiphonectes
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

Species

• Xiphonectes aculeatus Koch & Ďuriš, 2019
• Xiphonectes bidens (Laurie, 1906)
• Xiphonectes gracillimus (Stimpson, 1858)
• Xiphonectes guinotae (Stephenson & Rees, 1961)
• Xiphonectes hainanensis (Chen, 1986)
• Xiphonectes iranjae (Crosnier, 1962)
• Xiphonectes latibrachium (Rathbun, 1906)
• Xiphonectes leptocheles A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• Xiphonectes longispinosus (Dana, 1852)
• Xiphonectes macrophthalmus (Rathbun, 1906)
• Xiphonectes paralatibrachium (Crosnier, 2002)
• Xiphonectes stephensoni (Moosa, 1981)
• Xiphonectes tenuicaudatus (Stephenson, 1961)
• Xiphonectes tuerkayi Spiridonov, 2016