Superfamily Trichodactyloidea Milne-Edwards 1853 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Parent taxon: Heterotremata according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Aethroidea, Archaeochiapasidae, Bellioidea, Bythograeoidea, Calappoidea, Cancroidea, Carpilioidea, Cheiragonoidea, Componocancroidea, Corystoidea, Dairoidea, Dorippoidea, Eriphioidea, Gecarcinucoidea, Goneplacoidea, Hexapodoidea, Hymenosomatoidea, Leucosioidea, Leucosoidea, Maioidea, Majoidea, Marocarcinidae, Montezumelloidea, Orithyioidea, Parthenopoidea, Pilumnoidea, Pilumnoidoidea, Portunoidea, Potamoidea, Progeryonoidea, Pseudothelphusoidea, Retroplumoidea, Trichopeltarioidea, Xanthoidea

Subtaxa: Trichodactylidae

View classification

Type: Trichodactylus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (3), Colombia (13), Peru (3)

• Oligocene of Peru (8)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)

• Eocene of Peru (7)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details