Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and R. H. B. Fraaye. 1991. Cancer parvidens, A new crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Miocene of the Netherlands. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(1):1-7

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

See also Collins and Fraaye 1991

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 marri, Cancer meticurensis, Cancer modestus, Cancer nancei, Cancer pagurus, Cancer pelagicus, Cancer porteri, Cancer proavitus, Cancer productus, Cancer punctulatus, Cancer raninus, Cancer reversus, Cancer rhomboides, Cancer santosi, Cancer solitarius, Cancer styriacus, Cancer tomowoi, Cancer vancalsteri, Cancer villabersiani, Cancer whitfieldi, Cancer yanceyi, Cancer zahrae, Cancer zameniscus

Type specimen: MAB k.0025, a carapace. Its type locality is De Hoogdonk brickyard, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Breda Formation of the Netherlands.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at De Hoogdonk brickyard

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.