Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967

Parent taxon: Portuninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Persianus, Portunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites

Subtaxa: Acanthoportunus buchanani

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Type: Acanthoportunus buchanani

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ocean Ranch (Eocene of California)

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