Scylla michelini Milne-Edwards 1860 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Belongs to Scylla according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Scylla costata, Scylla floridana, Scylla hassiaca, Scylla laevis, Scylla marianae, Scylla molassica, Scylla ozawai, Scylla serrata, Scylla serratus, Scylla sindensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Al-Sarrar, Locality 12, Dam Formation (Miocene of Saudi Arabia)

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