Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1992. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Manda Group (Middle Eocene), Kyushu, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 167:1247-1258
Belongs to Portunites according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Portunites alaskensis, Portunites angustata, Portunites eocaenica, Portunites hoepfneri, Portunites incertus, Portunites insculpta, Portunites macrospinus, Portunites nodosa, Portunites rosenfeldi, Portunites stintoni, Portunites subovata, Portunites sylviae, Portunites triangulum, Portunites vicksburgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kattachi, Omuta City, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Kattachi Formation of Japan
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Kattachi, Omuta City
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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