Cardisoma Latreille 1825 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Gecarcinidae

Parent taxon: Gecarcinidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gecarcinus, Johngarthia

Subtaxa: Cardisoma crassum Cardisoma guanhumi Cardisoma planum

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Puerto Rico (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)

• Pliocene of Fiji (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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