Cyclodius Dana 1851 (stone crab)

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: Chlorodiellinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Chlorodiella, Chlorodinae, Pilodius

Subtaxa: Cyclodius granulosus Cyclodius nitidus Cyclodius ungulatus

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at BB25, Bakam Beach (Quaternary of Malaysia)

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