Euryplax Stimpson 1862 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Parent taxon: Euryplacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Karasawa and Kato 2003, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Baldoplax, Chirinocarcinus, Chlinocephalus, Corallicarcinus, Eucrate, Orbitoplax, Paleopsopheticus, Prealpiplax, Simonellia, Stoaplax, Viaplax

Subtaxa: Euryplax culebrensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Flrida collection)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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