Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Xanthoidea > Family Xanthidae > Subfamily Xanthinae

Leptodius A. Milne-Edwards, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xantho (Leptodius)*	A. Milne-Edwards, 1863	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オウギガニ属

Literature

original description	Milne-Edwards, A. (1863). Monographie des Crustacés fossiles de la famille des Cancériens. Suite (1). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 4. 20: 273-324, pls. 5-12.
basis of record	Galil, B.S.; Vannini, M. (1990`). Research on the coast of Somalia. Xanthidae, Trapeziidae, Carpiliidae, Menippidae (Crustacea Brachyura). Tropical Zoology. 3(1): 21–56.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Leptodius A. Milne-Edwards, 1863. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206884