Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. W. Portell, and S. K. Donovan. 2009. Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus. Scripta Geologica 138:55-111
Belongs to Dardanus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Dardanus arnoldi, Dardanus arrosor, Dardanus australis, Dardanus balaitus, Dardanus bayani, Dardanus biordines, Dardanus braggensis, Dardanus colosseus, Dardanus crassimanus, Dardanus curtimanus, Dardanus deformis, Dardanus faxensis, Dardanus gemmatus, Dardanus helleri, Dardanus hungaricus, Dardanus impressus, Dardanus lauensis, Dardanus mediterraneus, Dardanus megistos, Dardanus mexicanus, Dardanus muelleri, Dardanus pedunculatus, Dardanus portmorantensis, Dardanus setifer, Dardanus substriatus, Dardanus suessi
Type specimen: NMB F1467, a set of appendages. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 15907 - Río Gurabo [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian marine siliciclastic in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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