Mioplax Bittner 1884 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chasmocarcinidae

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

See also Karasawa and Kato 2003, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camatopsis, Chasmocarcinops, Chasmocarcinus, Collinsius, Falconoplax, Gillcarcinus, Hephthopelta, Orthakrolophos, Parapilumnus

Subtaxa: Mioplax socialis

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Type: Mioplax socialis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mioplax in the database

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