†Miopipus Muller 1984 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: P. Muller. 1984. Messinian and Older decapods from the Mediterranean with description of two new species. Annales Géologiques des Pays Helléniques 32:25-34
Parent taxon: Carcininae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Carcinus, Cicarnus, Portumnus, Xaiva
Subtaxa: Miopipus pygmeus Miopipus zovensis
Type: Portunus pygmeus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Hungary (4 collections)
• Eocene of Italy (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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