Arenaeus Dana 1851 (swimming crab)

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

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (2), Cuba (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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