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Genus Actaea De Haan, 1833
Key to species
[Based on Rathbun, 1933]
Family Xanthidae 607
Carapace covered dorsally with conical spines or sharp tubercles; marginal lobes
spinous; fingers short, channeled, rough except at tips; color purplish, pincers
brown;length2.2cm...... ...A. acantha
Carapace covered with granules; areoles low, separated by narrow furrows
A. bifrons
Genus Eurypanopeus A. Milne Edwards, 1880
Key to species
[Adapted from Rathbun, 1930]
1. Fingers of both chelae with acute tips, not spooned 2
Fingers of minor chela spoon-shaped at tip 3
2. (1) Front double-edged, upper edge with line of granules E. abbreviatus
Front not double-edged (first and second lateral teeth of carapace very unequal,
separated by shallow sinus) E. turgidus
3. (1) Minor palm two-thirds as high as major; transverse lines on dorsum not strikingly
prominent E. depressus
Minor palm half as high as major; few very prominent raised granulated lines on
dorsum ...E. dissimilis