Herbstia Milne-Edwards 1834 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Parent taxon: Pisinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chorilia, Eoparanaxia, Grolamaia, Hyastenus, Lessiniamathia, Libinia, Loxorynchus, Pisa, Pisoides, Pitho, Planobranchia, Rochinia, Scyra, Tylocarcinus

Subtaxa: Herbstia exserta Herbstia melitense

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Mexico (1), United States (1: Virgin Islands)

• Miocene of Malta (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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