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Zozymodes

Zozymodes is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, and was first described in 1861 by Camill Heller.

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Zozymodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Subfamily: Zosiminae
Genus: Zozymodes
Heller, 1860
Type species
Zozymodes carinipes
Heller, 1860

Zozymodes is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, and was first described in 1861 by Camill Heller.12

It contains the following species:13

  • Zozymodes cavipes (Dana, 1852)
  • Zozymodes nodosus Klunzinger, 1913
  • Zozymodes pumilus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
  • Zozymodes xanthoides (Krauss, 1843)
References

References

  1. De Grave, Sammy (2021). "Zozymodes Heller, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. Heller, C. (1861). Beiträge zur Crustaceen-Fauna des rothes Meers. Erster Theil. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 43(1): 297–374; Pls I–IV
  3. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.