Typhlocarcinus Stimpson 1858 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Parent taxon: Rhizopinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Arges, Cryptolutea, Megaesthesius, Styrioplax, Typhlocarcinops

Subtaxa: Typhlocarcinus galenoformis Typhlocarcinus obtusus Typhlocarcinus taiwanicus

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Goudaijimashita (Pliocene of Japan)

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