Pterocarcinus Blow 2003 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Leucosioidea according to H. Karasawa et al. 2019

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ampliura, Andorina, Duncanitrix, Folguerolesiidae, Gemmacarcinus, Hepatinulus, Iphiculidae, Leucosiidae, Matutidae, Nucilobus, Palaeomyra, Typilobus

Subtaxa: Pterocarcinus baileyi

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Type: Pterocarcinus baileyi

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterocarcinus in the database

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