Syphaxiella Schweitzer et al. 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Synonym: Syphax Milne-Edwards 1863 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Xanthoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Glaessner 1969, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Muller and Collins 1991, Schweitzer et al. 2011, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actaeites, Actaeopsis, Alponella, Bernuffius, Caprocancer, Colpocaris, Cretachlorodius, Eoxanthias, Frontelata, Gwana, Haydnella, Megaxantho, Muelleroplax, Nogarolia, Panopeidae, Paraxanthosia, Pilumnomimus, Pregeryona, Prochlorodius, Pseudorhombilidae, Sculptoplax, Telphusograpsus, Vestenanovia, Woodbinax, Xanthidae, Xanthosioides

Subtaxa: Syphaxiella crassa

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Syphaxiella in the database

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