Protuberosa Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Prosopidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2009. Revision of the Prosopinae sensu Glaessner, 1969 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) including four new families, four new genera, and five new species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 110:55-121

Parent taxon: Prosopidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Bajoprosopon, Europrosopon, Laeviprosopon, Petersbuchia, Prosopon

Subtaxa: Protuberosa protuberosa

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Type: Prosopon protuberosum

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protuberosa in the database

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