Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancrinidae

Full reference: A. Garassino and G. Schweigert. 2006. Cretasergestes sahelalmaensis n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Sergestidae) and Cancrinos libanensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae) from the Late Creaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 147:69-78

Belongs to Cancrinos according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Garassino and Schweigert 2006

Sister taxa: Cancrinos claviger, Cancrinos sahelalmae

Type specimen: MSNM i26597, a carapace. Its type locality is Hadjoula (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate carbonate in Lebanon.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (MSNM collection)

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