Ophthalmoplax brasiliana Maury 1930 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Synonym: Ophthalmoplax triambonatus Feldmann and Villamil 2002

Belongs to Ophthalmoplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Ophthalmoplax andina, Ophthalmoplax comancheensis, Ophthalmoplax minimus, Ophthalmoplax stephensoni

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1 collection), Cuba (1), United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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