Charybdis hoffmeisteri Rathbun 1945 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1945. Decapod Crustacea. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Bulletin 181 373-383

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

Sister taxa: Charybdis (Charybdis), Charybdis (Goniosupradens), Charybdis acuta, Charybdis annulata, Charybdis antiqua, Charybdis antiquadup, Charybdis arabica, Charybdis bimaculata, Charybdis feriata, Charybdis fijiensis, Charybdis fragilis, Charybdis fragillis, Charybdis gigantica, Charybdis granulata, Charybdis japonica, Charybdis kilmeri, Charybdis leei, Charybdis mathiasi, Charybdis miles, Charybdis minuta, Charybdis monsoonis, Charybdis obtusa, Charybdis orientalis, Charybdis preferiata, Charybdis shihseihi, Charybdis sinhaleya

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Fiji (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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