Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Alternative spelling: Charybdis (Minohellenus)
Synonyms: Imaizumila Karasawa 1993, Itoigawaia Karasawa et al. 1992
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1990. Decapod crustaceans from the Miocene Mizunami Group, central Japan. Part 2. Section Oxyrhyncha, Cancridea and Brachyrhyncha. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 17:1-33
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Kato and Karasawa 1994, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Nectocarcinus, Raymannius, Coenophthalmus, Echinolatus
Subtaxa: Minohellenus araucanus Minohellenus araucanusdup Minohellenus chichibuensis Minohellenus inexpressus Minohellenus macrocheilus Minohellenus minoensis Minohellenus quinquedentatus Minohellenus sexdentatus Minohellenus umemotoi
Type: Charybdis (Minohellenus) quinquedentata
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Chile (1 collection), Japan (2)
• Oligocene of Japan (6)
• Eocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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