Euphylax maculatus Collins 2005 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

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

See also Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Euphylax callinecias, Euphylax callinectias, Euphylax domingensis, Euphylax dovii, Euphylax fortis, Euphylax fortispinosus, Euphylax septendentatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Panama (4)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)

• Miocene of Panama (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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