Oziidae Explained

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 Davie & Ng, 2000
• Epixanthoides Balss, 1935
• Epixanthus Heller, 1861
• Eupilumnus Kossmann, 1877
• Lydia Gistel, 1848
• Ozius Milne-Edwards, 1834

Further reading

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