Longusorbis cuniculosus Richards 1975 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Longusorbiidae

Full reference: B. C. Richards. 1975. Longusorbis cuniculosus: A New Genus and Species of Upper Cretaceous Crab; with Comments on Spray Formation at Shelter Point, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 12(11):1850-1863

Belongs to Longusorbis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Feldmann and McPherson 1980, Karasawa et al. 2008, Richards 1975, Schweitzer et al. 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Longusorbis eutychius, Longusorbis quadratus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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