Pseudoachelous Portell and Collins 2004 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Parent taxon: Portuninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Portunus, Rathbunites

Subtaxa: Pseudoachelous schindleri

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Type: Pseudoachelous schindleri

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Duncans Quarry (Miocene of Jamaica)

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