Zosimus (crab)
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Zosimus is a genus 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 Xanthidae
Xanthidae
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. They are often brightly coloured and are poisonous, containing toxins which are not destroyed by cooking and for which no antidote is known...

, containing the following species:
  • Zosimus actaeoides (A. Milne Edwards, 1867)
  • Zosimus aeneus
    Zosimus aeneus
    Zosimus aeneus is a species of crab that lives on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii. It grows to a size of and has distinctive patterns of brownish blotches on a paler background. It is potentially lethal due to the presence in its flesh and shell of the neurotoxins...

    (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.
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