Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Synonym: Rathbunella Collins 2009 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, P. C. Dworschak, and J. W. Martin. 2011. Replacement names for several fossil Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology 31:361-363

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2011 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Persianus, Portunus, Pseudoachelous

Subtaxa: Rathbunites pentaspinosa

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Type: Rathbunella pentaspinosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMB Locality 16821 - Rio Cana (Miocene to Pliocene of Dominican Republic)

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