Mursilia Rathbun 1918 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184

Parent taxon: Calappidae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1918, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocarpus, Bittnerilia, Calappa, Calappella, Calappilia, Calappinae, Carinocalappa, Corallomursia, Corallomursinae, Cryptosoma, Cycloes, Lambrus, Matutinae, Mursia, Mursilata, Mursiopsis, Nantocyclois, Necrocarcininae, Paracorallomursia, Paracyclois, Pseudocorallomursia, Pseudomicippella, Stenodromia, Tavernolesia, Tutus

Subtaxa: Mursilia ecristata

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Type: Mursilia ecristata

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Station 18, Gatun beds (Hill collection) (Miocene of Panama)

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