Medorippe Manning and Holthuis 1981 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Dorippidae
Full reference: R. B. Manning and L. B. Holthuis. 1981. West African brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 306:1-379
Parent taxon: Dorippidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Garassino et al. 2004 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeocypoda, Bartethusa, Cartethusa, Dorippe, Dorippinae, Heikeopsis, Neodorippe, Nobilum, Paradorippe, Titanodorippe
Subtaxa: Medorippe ampla Medorippe lanata Medorippe tanabei
Type: Cancer lanatus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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