Oziidae

Summary

Oziidae is a family of crabs in the order Decapoda. There are about 7 genera and more than 30 described species in Oziidae.[1]

Oziidae
Ozius truncatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Eriphioidea
Family: Oziidae Genera edit

These seven genera belong to the family Oziidae:

  • Baptozius Alcock, 1898
  • Bountiana N.g.Davie, 2000
  • Epixanthoides Balss, 1935
  • Epixanthus Heller, 1861
  • Eupilumnus Kossmann, 1877
  • Lydia Gistel, 1848
  • Ozius Milne-Edwards, 1834

References edit

  1. ^ "Oziidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-30.

Further reading edit

  • Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X.
  • Scholtz, Gerhard; Richter, Stefan (1995). "Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 113 (3): 289–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00936.x.
  • Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.