Vanua Balavu island, station 110C (Pliocene of Fiji)

Where: Fiji (17.2° S, 178.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 179.2° W)

When: Ndalithoni Formation, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1945. Decapod Crustacea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 181 373-383 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136142: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Samantha Yost on 20.11.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Diogenidae
Dardanus lauensis
Dardanus lauensis Rathbun 1945 hermit crab
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Ranina quinquespinosa, Vanua linearius
Ranina quinquespinosa Rathbun 1945 crab
Vanua linearius Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromia indet.
Dromia indet. Weber 1795 crab
 Decapoda - Dynomenidae
"Xantho acutispinis" = Dynomene acutispinis
"Xantho acutispinis" = Dynomene acutispinis Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Gecarcinidae
Cardisoma planum
Cardisoma planum Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
"Trachycarcinus decorus" = Trichopeltarion decorus
"Trachycarcinus decorus" = Trichopeltarion decorus Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Menippidae
Menippe oceanica, Menippe brevimanus
Menippe oceanica Rathbun 1945 crab
Menippe brevimanus Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira perlata
Daira perlata Herbst 1790 crab
 Decapoda - Majidae
Thoe vanuaensis
Thoe vanuaensis Rathbun 1945 spider crab
 Decapoda - Epialtidae
Epialtus pacificus, Libinia mbalavuensis
Epialtus pacificus Rathbun 1945 spider crab
Libinia mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 spider crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Panopeus lauensis
Panopeus lauensis Rathbun 1945 crab
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Lipaesthesius quadratus, Medaeus variabilis, Medaeus mbalavuensis, "Plagiolophus vitiensis" = Xantho vitiensis, Etisodes ornata, Atergatis laddi, "Carpilodes sublenis" = Liomera
Lipaesthesius quadratus Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Medaeus variabilis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Medaeus mbalavuensis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
"Plagiolophus vitiensis" = Xantho vitiensis Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Etisodes ornata Rathbun 1945 stone crab
Atergatis laddi Rathbun 1945 stone crab
"Carpilodes sublenis" = Liomera stone crab
 Decapoda - Portunidae
Charybdis fijiensis, Charybdis hoffmeisteri, Cronius obscura, Portunus levigatus
Charybdis fijiensis Rathbun 1945 swimming crab
Charybdis hoffmeisteri Rathbun 1945 swimming crab
Cronius obscura swimming crab
Portunus levigatus Rathbun 1945 swimming crab
 Decapoda - Carcinidae
Thia simplex
Thia simplex Rathbun 1945 crab