Epistocavea

{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Epistocavea mururoa (MNHN-IU-2014-22650) 001.jpeg

| genus = Epistocavea

| parent_authority = Davie, 1992

| species = mururoa

| authority = Davie, 1992

}}

Epistocavea mururoa is a species of crabs in the family Xanthidae, the only species in the genus Epistocavea.{{cite journal|journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |name-list-style=amp |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}