Ozius
Encyclopedia
Ozius is a genus
of crab
s in the family
Menippidae
, containing the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Menippidae
Menippidae
Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.-Genera:*Menippe De Haan, 1833*Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 1879*Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834*Ruppellioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1867*Sphaerozius Stimpson, 1858...
, containing the following species:
- Ozius deplanatus (White, 1847)
- Ozius granulosus De Man, 1879
- Ozius guttatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
- Ozius hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1902
- Ozius lobatus Heller, 1865
- Ozius perlatus Stimpson, 1860
- Ozius reticulatus (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)
- Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858
- Ozius tenuidactylus (Lockington, 1877)
- Ozius tricarinatus Rathbun, 1907
- Ozius truncatusOzius truncatusOzius truncatus, or the black finger crab or reef crab, is a crab of the family Menippidae, endemic to south eastern Australia and the North Island of New Zealand.-References:...
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 - Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
- Ozius verreauxii Saussure, 1853