Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 (swimming crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2002. New Eocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from Southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22:938-967
Belongs to Acanthoportunus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SDSNH 81055. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch, which is in an Uintan marine siltstone in the Santiago Formation of California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ocean Ranch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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