Lupocyclus tuberculosus Karasawa 1993 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

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

See also Karasawa 1993

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MFM142011, a carapace. Its type locality is Kamiyamaji, which is in a Pliocene marine siltstone in the Kawabara Formation of Japan.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kamiyamaji

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