Zosimus (crab) explained

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]

Notes and References

1. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . PDF.
2. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . PDF. etal.