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Axiidae Huxley, 1879 
AphiaID: 106798

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Axiidea (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Axiidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Calocarididae Ortmann, 1891 (junior synonym)
Calocaridinae Ortmann, 1891 (junior synonym)
Coralaxiinae Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (junior synonym)
Eiconaxiidae Sakai & Ohta, 2005 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Huxley, T.H. (1879) On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1878, 752-788. [details]

basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Ortmann, A.E. (1891) Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein dei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z. Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. III. Theil. Die Abtheilungen der Reptantia Boas: Homaridae, Loricata und Thalassinidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, 6, 1-58. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sakai, K. & Ohta, S. (2005) Some thalassinid collections by R/V "Hakuhou-Maru" and R/V "Tansei-Maru", University of Tokyo, in the Sulu Sea, Philippines, and in Sagami Bay and Suruga Bay, Japan, including two new species, one new genus, and one new family (Decapoda, Thalassinidea). Crustaceana, 78, 67-93. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Sakai, K. & de Saint Laurent, M. (1989) A check list of Axiidae (Decapoda, Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Anomula), with remarks and in addition descriptions of one new subfamily, eleven new genera and two new species. Naturalists, Publications of Tokushima Biological Laboratory, Shikoku University, 3, 1-104. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Allaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Anophthalmaxius de Man, 1905
Genus Australocaris Poore & Collins, 2009
Genus Axia
Genus Axiopsis Borradaile, 1903
Genus Axiorygma
Genus Axius Leach, 1815
Genus Bouvieraxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Calastacus Faxon, 1893
Genus Calaxiopsis Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Calocarides Wollebaek, 1908
Genus Calocaris Bell, 1853
Genus Coralaxius Kensley & Gore, 1981
Genus Dorphinaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Eiconaxius Bate, 1888
Genus Eucalastacus Sakai, 1992
Genus Eutrichocheles Wood-Mason, 1876
Genus Formosaxius Komai, Lin & Chan, 2010
Genus Levantocaris Galil & Clark, 1993
Genus Litoraxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2007
Genus Lophaxius Kensley, 1989
Genus Marianaxius Kensley, 1996
Genus Michelaxiopsis Poore & Collins, 2009
Genus Oxyrhynchaxius Parisi, 1917
Genus Parascytoleptus Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Paraxiopsis de Man, 1905
Genus Paraxius Bate, 1888
Genus Pilbaraxius Poore & Collins, 2009
Genus Planaxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2008
Genus Platyaxius Sakai, 1994
Genus Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989

Genus Briancaris Sakai & Ohta, 2005 accepted as Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Callistocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Subfamily Coralaxiinae Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 accepted as Axiidae Huxley, 1879
Genus Evaxius Kingsley, 1882 accepted as Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Iconaxiopsis Alcock, 1901 accepted as Eiconaxius Bate, 1888
Genus Iconaxius Alcock, 1901 accepted as Eiconaxius Bate, 1888
Genus Manaxius Kensley, 2003 accepted as Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Paracalocaris Sakai, 1991 accepted as Lophaxius Kensley, 1989
Genus Posthonocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Bouvieraxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Genus Sakaiocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: Authority taken from d'Udekem d'Acoz, no authorities listed in Hayward & Ryland [details]

Classification: Included in infra-ordo Thalassinidea by d'Udekem d'Acoz [details]
Image 
Axiidae
Axiidae
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106798
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2005-05-03 07:34:09Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-05-20 12:31:05Z  changed  Poore, Gary
  
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  Citation: Poore, G.; Türkay, M. (2013). Axiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106798 on 2013-05-25
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