Hyastenus White 1847 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Parent taxon: Pisinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Beschin et al. 2018, Collins et al. 2003, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Hyastenus antiquus Hyastenus corallinus Hyastenus diacanthus

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), Malaysia (5)

• Oligocene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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