Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative spelling: Cancer (Glebocarcinus)
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
Parent taxon: Cancrinae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Nations 1975, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anatolikos, Anisospinos, Cancer, Ceronnectes, Cyclocancer, Metacarcinus, Microdium, Notocarcinus, Platepistoma, Romaleon, Santeecarcinus, Sarahcarcinus
Subtaxa: Glebocarcinus amphioetus Glebocarcinus helveticus Glebocarcinus oregonensis
Type: Cancer oregonensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (9: California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of Japan (2), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Switzerland (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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