Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Synonym: Carcinoplacoides Kesling 1958

Parent taxon: Carupinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Kesling 1958, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carupa, Catoptrus, Euronectes, Laleonectes, Neptocarcinus, Rakosia, Richerellus, Atoportunus

Subtaxa: Carcinoplacoides flottei Libystes nitidus

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Type: Libystes nitidus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dadi Beach (Quaternary of Guam)

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