Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184
Belongs to Petrochirus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1935 and Todd and Collins 2005
Sister taxa: Petrochirus bahamensis, Petrochirus diogenes, Petrochirus inequalis, Petrochirus mezi, Petrochirus minutus, Petrochirus poscolensis, Petrochirus priscus, Petrochirus savii, Petrochirus taylori
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 6003, Gatun section A, bed A, which is in a Serravallian marine horizon in the Gatun Formation of Panama
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Panama (4), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of Panama (3), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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