Periacanthus horridus Bittner 1875 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1875. Die brachyuyren des Vincentinschen Tertiärgebirges. Denkschriften der Kaiserlicehn Academie der Wissenschaften, Mathewmatisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien 1875:63-106

Belongs to Periacanthus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 2010, Beschin et al. 2016, Bittner 1875, De Angeli and Caporiondo 2009, Lörenthey 1898, Quayle and Collins 1981, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Via 1959

Sister taxa: Periacanthus dallagoi, Periacanthus dallonii, Periacanthus ramosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (1 collection), Italy (4), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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