Herbstia Milne-Edwards 1834 (spider crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae
Parent taxon: Pisinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chorilia, Eoparanaxia, Grolamaia, Hyastenus, Lessiniamathia, Libinia, Loxorynchus, Pisa, Pisoides, Planobranchia, Rochinia, Scyra, Scyramathia, Tylocarcinus
Subtaxa: Herbstia exserta Herbstia melitense
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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