Acanthaxius

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 228 - 438 m.

Species
The genus Acanthaxius includes the following species:


 * Acanthaxius formosa Kensley & Chan, 1998
 * Acanthaxius garawa Poore & Collins, 2009
 * Acanthaxius gathaagudu Poore & Collins, 2009
 * Acanthaxius grandis Kensley & Chan, 1998
 * ''Acanthaxius kashimaensis Sakai, 2017
 * Acanthaxius miyazakiensis (Yokoya, 1933)
 * Acanthaxius ningaloo Poore & Collins, 2009
 * Acanthaxius pilocheirus (Sakai, 1987)
 * Acanthaxius polyacanthus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
 * Acanthaxius sapulo Poore, 2020

Thee following species were formerly included in Acanthaxius but have been transferred to other genera:


 * Amakusaxius amakusanus (Miyake & Sakai, 1967)
 * Guyanacaris caespitosa (Squires, 1979)
 * Guyanacaris hirsutimanus (Boesch & Smalley, 1972)
 * Guyanacaris polychaetes Sakai, 1994
 * Guyanacaris spinosissimus (Rathbun, 1906)
 * Pillsburyaxius clevai (Ngoc-Ho, 2006)
 * Pillsburyaxius gadaletae (Ngoc-Ho, 2006)
 * Pillsburyaxius kirkmilleri (Kensley, 1996)

Three species of Acanthaxius have been found off the Solomon Islands.