Carcinus Leach 1814 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Parent taxon: Carcininae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Dana 1851, Garassino et al. 2004, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cicarnus, Miopipus, Portumnus, Xaiva
Subtaxa: Carcinus maenas Carcinus minor
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Morocco (1), Spain (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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