Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184
Belongs to Necronectes according to J. Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Necronectes batalleri, Necronectes beaumonti, Necronectes collinsi, Necronectes drydeni, Necronectes iranensis, Necronectes nodosa, Necronectes nodosus, Necronectes proavita, Necronectes schafferi, Necronectes summus, Necronectes tajinensis, Necronectes vicksburgensis, Necronectes vidalianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 5659, Gatun Dam, which is in a Tortonian marine siliciclastic in the Gatun Formation of Panama
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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