Cardirhynchus Schluter 1862 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Parent taxon: Nephropidae according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthacaris, Dinochelus, Eoacanthacaris, Eunephrops, Homarinus, Homarus, Hoploparia, Jagtia, Metahomarus, Metanephrops, Nephropides, Nephropinae, Nephrops, Nephropsis, Oncopareia, Palaeohomarus, Palaeonephrops, Paraclythia, Pseudohomarus, Thaumastocheles, Thaumastochelopsis, Thymopides, Thymops, Thymopsis

Subtaxa: Cardirhynchus spinosus

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Type: Cardirhynchus spinosus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cardirhynchus in the database

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