Iliacantha Stimpson 1871 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Parent taxon: Ebaliinae according to H. Karasawa et al. 2019

See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Todd and Collins 2005

Sister taxa: Arcania, Cabrillia, Ebalia, Heteronucia, Hiplyra, Ilia, Ixa, Leucosilia, Leucosiraja, Lyphira, Merocryptus, Myra, Myropsis, Nucia, Nursia, Paranursia, Persephona, Philyra, Pseudophilyra, Pyrhila, Randallia, Ryphila, Speloeophorus, Tokoyo, Uhlias

Subtaxa: Iliacantha globosa Iliacantha liodactylus Iliacantha panamanica

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Type: Iliacantha globosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Panama (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Mexico (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Cuba (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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