Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, S. K. Donovan, W. Lindsay and G. A. Simpson. 2001. A new species of portunid crab from early Pleistocene Old Pera beds of Jamaica. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 112:7-12
Belongs to Euphylax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins et al. 2001 and Luque et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Euphylax callinecias, Euphylax callinectias, Euphylax domingensis, Euphylax dovii, Euphylax fortis, Euphylax maculatus, Euphylax septendentatus
Type specimen: NHM IC.117b. Its type locality is Port Morant Harbour, unit 0, which is in a Pleistocene transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Manchioneal Formation of Jamaica.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Port Morant Harbour, unit 0
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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