Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Parent taxon: Podophthalminae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Paraeuphylax, Pheophthalmus, Podophthalmus, Psygmophthalmus, Sandomingia, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus
Subtaxa: Euphylax callinecias Euphylax callinectias Euphylax domingensis Euphylax dovii Euphylax fortis Euphylax fortispinosus Euphylax maculatus Euphylax septendentatus
Type: Euphylax dovii
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Cuba (1), Panama (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (2), Cuba (2), Mexico (1), Panama (2)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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