Lupocyclus Adams and White 1848 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Parent taxon: Lupocyclinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Collins et al. 2003, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Karasawa et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Carupella

Subtaxa: Lupocyclus tuberculosus

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kamiyamaji (Pliocene of Japan)

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