Platepistoma Rathbun 1906 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Parent taxon: Cancrinae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Karasawa 1993, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Anatolikos, Anisospinos, Cancer, Ceronnectes, Cyclocancer, Glebocarcinus, Metacarcinus, Microdium, Notocarcinus, Romaleon, Santeecarcinus, Sarahcarcinus

Subtaxa: Platepistoma imamurae Platepistoma kaedei Platepistoma macrophthalmous

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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