Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Full reference: J. D. Dana. 1851. On the Classification of the Cancroidea; III. Zoology. Scientific Intelligence. American Journal of Science and Arts, second series, XII 34:121-131
Parent taxon: Euxanthinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Dana 1851, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Martin 1879, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Euxanthus, Hypocolpus, Lipaesthesius, Madaeus, Medaeops, Monodaeus
Subtaxa: Medaeus granulatus Medaeus granulosus Medaeus mbalavuensis Medaeus variabilis
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Fiji (4 collections)
• Miocene of Fiji (2), Indonesia (1), Moldova (2)
Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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