Mesorhoea Stimpson 1871 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parthenopidae

Parent taxon: Parthenopinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1919, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acantholambrus, Braggilambrus, Cryptopodia, Derilambrus, Distolambrus, Enoplolambrus, Eogarthambrus, Eurolambrus, Garthambrus, Latulambrus, Leiolambrus, Lessinilambrus, Montemagambrus, Ochtholambrus, Parthenope, Platylambrus, Pseudolambrus, Rhinolambrus, Spinolambrus, Tutankhamen

Subtaxa: Mesorhoea idae Mesorhoea mauryae Mesorhoea sexspinosa

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Type: Mesorhoea sexspinosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (4: California collections)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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