Corystes Latreille 1802 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Corystidae

Full reference: P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième 1-467

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

See also Boyko 2002, Ortmann 1893, Schweitzer et al. 2010, van Bakel et al. 2003 and van Bakel et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Corystites, Gomezinus, Harenacorystes, Hebertides, Micromithrax, Padocatactes, Pseudocorystes, Ypresicorystes

Subtaxa: Corystes (Anisopus) Corystes cassivelaunus Corystes minisculus

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Type: Cancer cassivelaunus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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