Allaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989

Poore, Gary C. B. & Collins, David J., 2009, Australian Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea), Memoirs of Museum Victoria 66 (2), pp. 221-287 : 237

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scientific name	Allaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989
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Allaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989 View in CoL

Allaxius Sakai and de Saint Laurent, 1989: 73–74 View in CoL . Remarks. Allaxius View in CoL , with five species from the Indian Ocean, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, is recognised by the uropodal exopod being spined laterally with its second article at least as long as wide and usually longer than wide, and the uropodal endopod having broadly shoulders proximolaterally. The rostrum is short, about the same length as the eyestalks, with short lateral teeth.

References

Sakai, K., and de Saint Laurent, M. 1989. A check list of Axiidae (Decapoda, Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Anomula), with remarks and in addition descriptions of one new subfamily, eleven new genera and two new species. Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University 3: 1 - 104.