# Choniognathus

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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| taxon = Choniognathus
| authority = [Rathbun](/source/Mary_J._Rathbun), 1932
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
* ''[Choniognathus elegans](/source/Choniognathus_elegans)'' (Stebbing, 1921)
* ''[Choniognathus granulosus](/source/Choniognathus_granulosus)'' (Baker, 1906)
* ''[Choniognathus reini](/source/Choniognathus_reini)'' (Balss, 1924)
* ''[Choniognathus verhoeffei](/source/Choniognathus_verhoeffei)'' (Balss, 1929)
}}

'''''Choniognathus''''' is a genus of crabs in the family [Majidae](/source/Majidae)<ref>{{cite WoRMS |title=''Choniognathus'' |id=439462 |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> of the order [Decapoda](/source/Decapod). It is composed of several [species](/source/species) of [marine](/source/Marine_life) spider crabs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=DE Forges |first=Bertrand Richer |last2=Lee |first2=Bee Yan |last3=Ng |first3=Peter K. L. |date=2021-10-07 |title=The taxonomy of spider crabs of the genera Eurynome, Choniognathus, Seiitaiodes and Kasagia (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from southwest Indian Ocean |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34810798 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=5048 |issue=3 |pages=301–333 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.5048.3.1 |issn=1175-5334 |pmid=34810798}}</ref>

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Category:Majoidea
Category:Decapod genera

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