Axiidae Explained

Axiidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Axiidea, within the order Decapoda.

Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows Axiidae's placement within Axiidea, from analysis by Wolfe et al., 2019.^[1]

Genera

Axiidae includes the following genera:^[2]

• Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Allaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Anophthalmaxius de Man, 1905
• Australocaris Poore & Collins, 2009
• Axiopsis Borradaile, 1903
• Axiorygma Kensley & Simmons, 1988
• Axius Leach, 1815
• Bouvieraxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Calastacus Faxon, 1893
• Calaxiopsis Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Calocarides Wollebaek, 1908
• Calocaris Bell, 1853
• Coralaxius Kensley & Gore, 1981
• Dorphinaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Eiconaxius Bate, 1888
• Eucalastacus Sakai, 1992
• Eutrichocheles Wood-Mason, 1876
• Formosaxius Komai, Lin & Chan, 2010
• Guyanacaris Sakai, 2011
• Levantocaris Galil & Clark, 1993
• Litoraxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2007
• Lophaxius Kensley, 1989
• Marianaxius Kensley, 1996
• Michelaxiopsis Poore & Collins, 2009
• Oxyrhynchaxius Parisi, 1917
• Parascytoleptus Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
• Paraxiopsis de Man, 1905
• Paraxius Bate, 1888
• Pilbaraxius Poore & Collins, 2009
• Planaxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2008
• Platyaxius Sakai, 1994
• Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856
• Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989

Notes and References

1. Wolfe . Joanna M. . Breinholt . Jesse W. . Crandall . Keith A. . Lemmon . Alan R. . Lemmon . Emily Moriarty . Timm . Laura E. . Siddall . Mark E. . Bracken-Grissom . Heather D. . A phylogenomic framework, evolutionary timeline and genomic resources for comparative studies of decapod crustaceans . Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 24 April 2019 . 286 . 1901 . 10.1098/rspb.2019.0079 . 31014217 . free . 6501934 .
2. Gary Poore & Michael Türkay . 2012 . Axiidae . 106798 . May 31, 2012.