Heller, 1861
Carapace very broad, transversely oval. Dorsal surface with regions obscurely marked. Antero-lateral margins long, strongly arched, sharp and crested, usually regularly fissured or dentate. Front broad, slightly deflexed, cut into four teeth or lobes. Antennules fold transversely. Antennae with basal article broad and short, in contact with front; flagellum in the orbital hiatus. Chelipeds unequal in both sexes, massive; fingers long, pointed; fingers of the smaller cheliped remarkably long and slender, as long as the palm. (Guinot 1998)
Type species: Epixanthus kotschii Heller, 1861, by a subjective junior synonym of Ozius frontalis H. Milne Edwards, 1834, by monotypy.
Gender masculine.
Species treated:
Epixanthus corrosus A. Milne Edwards, 1873
Epixanthus dentatus (White, 1848)
Epixanthus frontalis (H. Milne Edwards, 1834)