Oziidae

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

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

Genera

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

Further reading

• 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.