Biology:Zosimus (crab)
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Short description: Genus of crabs
| Zosimus | |
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| Zosimus aeneus - An Atauro crab | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Zosiminae |
| Genus: | Zosimus Leach, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer aeneus | |
Zosimus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Zosimus actaeoides (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
- Zosimus aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Zosimus fissa (Henderson, 1893)
- Zosimus hawaiiensis (Rathbun, 1906)
- Zosimus laevis Dana, 1852
- Zosimus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Zosimus sculptus (De Man, 1888)
Three species are known from the fossil record, including two which are extinct.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot; Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q8074552 entry
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