Cancer marri Nations 1975

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Alternative combination: Cancer (Metacarcinus) marri

Full reference: J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104

Belongs to Cancer according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Nations 1975 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000

Sister taxa: Cancer (Cancer), Cancer allisoni, Cancer araneus, Cancer bainbridgensis, Cancer beaumonti, Cancer bellianus, Cancer borealis, Cancer brewerii, Cancer burtini, Cancer carniolicus, Cancer cassivelaunus, Cancer chaneyi, Cancer coosensis, Cancer dorsipes, Cancer durhami, Cancer fissus, Cancer fujinaensis, Cancer gabbi, Cancer garthi, Cancer irroratus, Cancer johngarthi, Cancer maculatus, Cancer meticurensis, Cancer modestus, Cancer nancei, Cancer pagurus, Cancer parvidens, Cancer pelagicus, Cancer porteri, Cancer proavitus, Cancer productus, Cancer punctulatus, Cancer raninus, Cancer reversus, Cancer rhomboides, Cancer santosi, Cancer solitarius, Cancer spinosusdup, Cancer styriacus, Cancer tomowoi, Cancer tomowoidup, Cancer vancalsteri, Cancer villabersiani, Cancer whitfieldi, Cancer yanceyi, Cancer zahrae, Cancer zameniscus

Type specimen: UCMP 10739, a claw. Its type locality is UCMP D-3402, Opal Cliffs, which is in a Messinian coastal siltstone in the Purisima Formation of California.

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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