Ranina elegans Rathbun 1945 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Raninidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1945. Decapod Crustacea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 181 373-383

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

Sister taxa: Ranina aldrovandi, Ranina bavarica, Ranina berglundi, Ranina bouilleana, Ranina brevispina, Ranina burleighensis, Ranina cretacea, Ranina cuspidata, Ranina georgiana, Ranina granulosa, Ranina griesbachi, Ranina haszlinskyi, Ranina hirsuta, Ranina laevifrons, Ranina laevis, Ranina lamiensis, Ranina marestiana, Ranina molengraaffi, Ranina oblonga, Ranina ornata, Ranina palmea, Ranina pellattieroi, Ranina propinqua, Ranina quinquespinosa, Ranina ranina, Ranina reussi, Ranina speciosa, Ranina tejoniana, Ranina trechmanni

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Fiji (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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