Lupocyclus Adams and White 1848 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Parent taxon: Lupocyclinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Collins et al. 2003, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

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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