Dardanus Paulson 1875 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calcinidae

Parent taxon: Calcinidae according to F. A. Ferratges 2022

See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Beschin et al. 2005, Beschin et al. 2012, Collins et al. 2009, Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Müller 1984, Muller and Collins 1991, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Todd and Collins 2005 and Vega et al. 2001

Sister taxa: Eocalcinus, Joecalcinus

Subtaxa: Dardanus arnoldi Dardanus arrosor Dardanus australis Dardanus balaitus Dardanus bayani Dardanus biordines Dardanus braggensis Dardanus colosseus Dardanus crassimanus Dardanus curtimanus Dardanus deformis Dardanus faxensis Dardanus gemmatus Dardanus helleri Dardanus hungaricus Dardanus impressus Dardanus lauensis Dardanus mediterraneus Dardanus megistos Dardanus mexicanus Dardanus muelleri Dardanus pedunculatus Dardanus portmorantensis Dardanus setifer Dardanus squamatus Dardanus substriatus Dardanus suessi

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Fiji (1 collection), United States (3: California)

• Pliocene of Fiji (4), Italy (3), Panama (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Fiji (1), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Japan (10), Malta (1), Poland (1)

• Neogene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of Austria (1), Italy (6), Mexico (3), Spain (2)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 49 collections including 52 occurrences

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