Petrochirus inequalis Rathbun 1919 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184

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

See also Rathbun 1919 and Rathbun 1935

Sister taxa: Petrochirus bahamensis, Petrochirus bouvieri, Petrochirus diogenes, Petrochirus mezi, Petrochirus minutus, Petrochirus poscolensis, Petrochirus priscus, Petrochirus savii, Petrochirus taylori

Type specimen: USNM 324467, a claw. Its type locality is Amina River, Yaqui Valley, which is in a Messinian marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (8 collections), United States (1: Florida)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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