Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Epixanthus tenuidactylos
ozius dedo delgado, Thin fingered ozius
Caparace width to 26 mm.
Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific. Littoral on rocky shores and magroves.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Eriphioidea
Family
Oziidae
Genus
Epixanthus
Species
tenuidactylos
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ozius agassizii A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, Ozius tenuidactylus (Lockington, 1877), Xantho tenuidactylos Lockington, 1877 (Horton et al., 2021); Ozius tenuidactylus (Lockington, 1877) (Garth, 1991).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California and Panamic to Ecuador including Galapagos Islands
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Garth, J.S. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Epixanthus tenuidactylos", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8530. Accessed 1 November 2026.