• Source: Xanthidae

Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is known. The toxins are similar to the tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin produced by puffer fish, and may be produced by bacteria in the genus Vibrio living in symbiosis with the crabs, mostly V. alginolyticus and V. parahaemolyticus.




Classification


Many species formerly included in the family Xanthidae have since been moved to new families. Despite this, Xanthidae is still the largest crab family in terms of species richness, contanining the following subfamilies and genera:




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External links


Media related to Xanthidae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Xanthidae at Wikispecies

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Xanthidae
• Rhithropanopeus
• Mud crab
• Zosimus
• Zosimus aeneus
• Mouse unit
• Crab
• Atergatis roseus
• Lophozozymus pictor
• Gothus teemo