Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. F. Morris. 1976. Tertiary and Pleistocene crabs from Barbados and Trinidad. Palaeontology 19(1):107-131

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

See also Collins and Morris 1976

Sister taxa: Hepatus biformis, Hepatus bottomsi, Hepatus chiliensis, Hepatus gronovii, Hepatus guraboensis, Hepatus lineatinus, Hepatus lineatus, Hepatus praecox, Hepatus princeps, Hepatus spinimarginatus

Type specimen: BMNH In. 59947. Its type locality is Manzanilla Bay, Crab Claw beds, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone in the Brasso Formation of Trinidad and Tobago.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Manzanilla Bay, Crab Claw beds

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.