†Viaophthalmus Karasawa et al. 2008 (swimming crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa, C. E. Schweitzer, and R. M. Feldmann. 2008. Revision of the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura) with emphasis on the fossil genera and families. Journal of Crustacean Biology 28(1):82-127
Parent taxon: Podophthalminae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Euphylax, Paraeuphylax, Pheophthalmus, Podophthalmus, Psygmophthalmus, Sandomingia, Saratunus
Subtaxa: Viaophthalmus zariqueyi Viaophthalmus zariquieyi
Type: Ommatocarcinus zariquieyi
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Castelloli (Eocene of Spain)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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