Zosimus (crab)
Genus of crabs
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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)
| Zosimus | |
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| Zosimus aeneus - An Atauro crab | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Zosiminae |
| Genus: | Zosimus Leach, 1818 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer aeneus | |
Three species are known from the fossil record, including two which are extinct.[2]
