Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Synonym: Gatunia Rathbun 1918
Parent taxon: Necronectinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Glaessner 1969, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Vega et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Sanquerus, Scylla
Subtaxa: Necronectes batalleri Necronectes beaumonti Necronectes collinsi Necronectes drydeni Necronectes iranensis Necronectes nodosa Necronectes nodosus Necronectes proavita Necronectes proavitus Necronectes schafferi Necronectes summus Necronectes tajinensis Necronectes vicksburgensis Necronectes vidalianus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Brazil (2), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Panama (5), Puerto Rico (1), Switzerland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (3: Maryland, Puerto Rico), Venezuela (2)
• Neogene of Mexico (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Cuba (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (2), Slovenia (1), United States (4: Florida, Mississippi, Puerto Rico)
Total: 35 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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