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WoRMS taxon details

Axiidae Huxley, 1879

106798  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106798)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Axiidea (Infraorder)
  12. Axiidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Calocaridae Ortmann, 1891 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Calocarididae Ortmann, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calocaridinae Ortmann, 1891 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coralaxiinae Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eiconaxiidae Sakai & Ohta, 2005 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eiconaxiopsididae Sakai, 2011 · unaccepted (junior synonyn)
Neoaxiidae Sakai, 2017 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  2. Genus Alienaxiopsis Sakai, 2011
  3. Genus Allaxiopsis Sakai, 2011
  4. Genus Allaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  5. Genus Amakusaxius Sakai, 2011
  6. Genus Ambiaxiopsis Komai, 2011
  7. Genus Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  8. Genus Anophthalmaxius De Man, 1905
  9. Genus Australocaris Poore & Collins, 2009
  10. Genus Axiopsis Borradaile, 1903
  11. Genus Axiorygma Kensley & Simmons, 1988
  12. Genus Axius Leach, 1816
  13. Genus Bathyaxius Sakai, 2014
  14. Genus Boasaxius Sakai, 2011
  15. Genus Bouvieraxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  16. Genus Calastacus Faxon, 1893
  17. Genus Calaxiopsis Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  18. Genus Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  19. Genus Calocarides Wollebaek, 1908
  20. Genus Calocaris Bell, 1846
  21. Genus Carolinaxius Kou, Poore & Li, 2021
  22. Genus Coralaxius Kensley & Gore, 1981
  23. Genus Dorphinaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  24. Genus Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888
  25. Genus Eucalastacus Sakai, 1992
  26. Genus Eutrichocheles Wood-Mason, 1876
  27. Genus Formosaxius Komai, Lin & Chan, 2010
  28. Genus Guyanacaris Sakai, 2011
  29. Genus Leonardsaxius Sakai, 2011
  30. Genus Levantocaris Galil & Clark, 1993
  31. Genus Litoraxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2007
  32. Genus Lophaxiopsis Sakai, 2011
  33. Genus Lophaxius Kensley, 1989
  34. Genus Manaxius Kensley, 2003
  35. Genus Marianaxius Kensley, 1996
  36. Genus Michelaxiopsis Poore & Collins, 2009
  37. Genus Montanaxius Dworschak, 2016
  38. Genus Oxyrhynchaxius Parisi, 1917
  39. Genus Parascytoleptus Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  40. Genus Paraxiopsis De Man, 1905
  41. Genus Paraxius Bate, 1888
  42. Genus Pilbaraxius Poore & Collins, 2009
  43. Genus Pillsburyaxius Sakai, 2011
  44. Genus Planaxius Komai & Tachikawa, 2008
  45. Genus Pseudoaxiopsis Sakai, 2011
  46. Genus Ralumcaris Sakai, 2011
  47. Genus Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856
  48. Genus Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989
  49. Genus Albatrossaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  50. Genus Anomalaxius Sakai & Türkay, 2012 accepted as Axianassa Schmitt, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Genus Axia Leach, 1816 accepted as Axius Leach, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  52. Genus Balssaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Calocarides Wollebaek, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Genus Briancaris Sakai & Ohta, 2005 accepted as Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Genus Bruceaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Guyanacaris Sakai, 2011 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  55. Genus Calaxidium Sakai, 2014 accepted as Manaxius Kensley, 2003 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  56. Genus Callistocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Ambiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  57. Genus Calocarisopsis Sakai, 2011 accepted as Calocaris Bell, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Genus Coelhocalaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Genus Colemanaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Manaxius Kensley, 2003 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Subfamily Coralaxiinae Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 accepted as Axiidae Huxley, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  61. Genus Euconaxius Bate, 1888 accepted as Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  62. Genus Evaxius Kingsley, 1882 accepted as Scytoleptus Gerstaecker, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  63. Genus Ezaxius de Matos-Pita & Ramil, 2015 accepted as Calaxiopsis Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  64. Genus Heterocalaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Manaxius Kensley, 2003 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Genus Iconaxiopsis Alcock, 1901 accepted as Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Genus Iconaxius Faxon, 1893 accepted as Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  67. Genus Meinertaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Coralaxius Kensley & Gore, 1981 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  68. Genus Newzealandaxius Sakai, 2011 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Genus Nipponcalaxiopsis Sakai, 2011 accepted as Calaxiopsis Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Genus Paracalocaris Sakai, 1991 accepted as Lophaxius Kensley, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Genus Paratrichocheles Sakai, 2011 accepted as Paraxiopsis De Man, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  72. Genus Platyaxiopsis Sakai, 2011 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  73. Genus Platyaxius Sakai, 1994 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  74. Genus Posthonocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Bouvieraxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  75. Genus Sakaiocaris Kensley, 1989 accepted as Spongiaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 752-788. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Axiidae Huxley, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106798 on 2025-04-03
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 C.B.

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Nomenclature

original description Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 752-788. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Eiconaxiidae Sakai & Ohta, 2005) 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(1): 67-93., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1568540054024619 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Calocaridinae Ortmann, 1891) Ortmann, A. (1891). Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z. Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. III. Theil. Die Abtheilungen der Reptantia Boas: Homaridea, Loricata und Thalassinidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik. 6: 1–58., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10194632 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Coralaxiinae Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989) 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] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Eiconaxiopsididae Sakai, 2011) Sakai, K. (2011). Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs. 13: 1-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789047424185_001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Neoaxiidae Sakai, 2017) Sakai, K. (2017). One new species of a new genus, Neoaxius gen. nov., in a new family, Neoaxiidae fam. nov., from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica (Decapoda, Axioidea). Crustaceana. 90(4): 503-510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003650
page(s): 504 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Calocaridae Ortmann, 1891) Ortmann, A. (1891). Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und z. Z. im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. III. Theil. Die Abtheilungen der Reptantia Boas: Homaridea, Loricata und Thalassinidea. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik. 6: 1–58., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10194632 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

Taxonomy

status source ICZN. (1964). Opinion 712. Forty-seven genera of decapod Crustacea: placed on the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 21, 336-354., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222201
note: placed on the Official list of Family-group Names in Zoology [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [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). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
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]
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LanguageName 
Japanese アナエビ科  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Axiidae) 
To Genbank (from synonym Calocarididae Ortmann, 1891)
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