Pseudoziidae is a family of
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
s belonging to superfamily
Pseudozioidea
Pseudozioidea is a superfamily of crabs, formerly treated in the Eriphioidea, Carpilioidea, Xanthoidea, Pilumnoidea and Goneplacoidea. A number of fossils from the Eocene onwards are known from the family Pseudoziidae. Eleven genera are rec ...
in the order
Decapoda
The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is esti ...
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Genera
The genus contains two extant and three extinct genera:
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* '' Archaeozius'' Schweitzer, 2003
* '' Euryozius'' Miers, 1886
* '' Pseudozius'' Dana, 1851
* '' Santeexanthus'' Blow & Manning, 1996
* '' Tongapapaka'' Feldmann, Schweitzer & McLaughlin, 2006
]
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1935463
Decapods
Decapod families