Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae
Parent taxon: Aethridae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd and Collins 2005
Sister taxa: Aethra, Drachiella, Eohepatella, Eriosachila, Hepatella, Hepatiscus, Ilerdapatiscus, Latuxanthides, Mainhepatiscus, Osachila, Politohepatiscus, Prehepatus, Priabonella, Sakaila
Subtaxa: Hepatus biformis Hepatus bottomsi Hepatus chiliensis Hepatus gronovii Hepatus guraboensis Hepatus lineatinus Hepatus lineatus Hepatus nodosus Hepatus praecox Hepatus princeps Hepatus spinimarginatus
Type: Cancer princeps
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), United States (5: California, Pennslyvania, Texas)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (7), Mexico (1), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Cuba (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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