Typhlocarcinus obtusus Karasawa 1993 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

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

See also Karasawa 1993

Sister taxa: Typhlocarcinus galenoformis, Typhlocarcinus taiwanicus

Type specimen: MFM142009, a carapace. Its type locality is Goudaijimashita, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Dainichi Sand Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Goudaijimashita

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