Persephona punctata Linnaeus 1758 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Belongs to Persephona according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Persephona bigranulata, Persephona enigmatica, Persephona invalida, Persephona manningi, Persephona mediterranea, Persephona niemeyeri, Persephona prepunctata, Persephona punctatus, Persephona rodesae

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (4: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (5: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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