Mursiopsis Ristori 1889 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

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

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Mursiopsis pustulosus

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Type: Mursiopsis pustulosus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mursiopsis in the database

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