Arenaeus Dana 1851 (swimming crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1851. On the Classification of the Cancroidea; III. Zoology. Scientific Intelligence. American Journal of Science and Arts, second series, XII 34:121-131
Parent taxon: Portuninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Dana 1851, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017 and Rathbun 1918
Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Cronius, Portunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites
Subtaxa: Arenaeus cribrarius
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Cuba (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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