Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Coenophthalmus, Echinolatus, Raymannius, Nectocarcinus
Subtaxa: Parathranites shibatai
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Yamanouchi (Miocene of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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