Necronectes Milne-Edwards 1881 (swimming crab)

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

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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

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