Acanthaxius is a
genus of
mud lobster native to the
Indo-Pacific oceans. It has a slender
rostrum which is longer than the
eyestalks, is spinose and has seven
spines and has a depth range of . It includes the following
species:
- Acanthaxius amakusana (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius caespitosa (Squires, 1979)
- Acanthaxius clevae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
- Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius gadaletae Ngoc-Ho, 2006
- Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
- Acanthaxius hirsutimanus (Boesch & Smalley, 1972)
- Acanthaxius kirkmilleri Kensley, 1996
- Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
- Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
- Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
- Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
- Acanthaxius polychaetes Sakai, 1994
- Acanthaxius spinosissimus (Rathbun, 1906)
