Macroacaena Tucker 1998 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Synonym: Carinaranina Tucker 1998

Full reference: A. B. Tucker. 1998. Systematics of the Raninidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) with accounts of three new genera and two new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(2):320-371

Parent taxon: Macroacaeninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Armstrong et al. 2009, Karasawa et al. 2014, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Tucker 1998 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Carinaranina marionae Carinaranina naselensis Macroacaena alseana Macroacaena alseanus Macroacaena bidentata Macroacaena bispinulata Macroacaena bispinulatus Macroacaena chica Macroacaena elongata Macroacaena franconia Macroacaena fudouji Macroacaena fudoujii Macroacaena leucosiae Macroacaena marionae Macroacaena naselensis Macroacaena rosenkrantzi Macroacaena schencki Macroacaena succedanus Macroacaena teshimai Macroacaena tridens Macroacaena venturai Macroacaena willapensis Macroacaena yanini

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Oregon, Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), United States (15: Oregon, Washington)

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Paleogene of Mexico (1)

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Delaware, Mississippi)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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