Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226
Belongs to Parthenope according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Parthenope bachmayeri, Parthenope bittneri, Parthenope chiampensis, Parthenope clypeformis, Parthenope loczyi, Parthenope menini, Parthenope neocomiensis, Parthenope nummulitica, Parthenope obscura, Parthenope panamensis, Parthenope pleistocenica, Parthenope prisca, Parthenope szaboi, Parthenope tetenyensis, Parthenope trituberculata, Parthenope venezuelensis, Lambrus nummuliticus, Lambrus triangulus, Lambrus mediterraneus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 66, Sandakan, which is in a Tortonian transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Sandakan Formation of Malaysia
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Malaysia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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