†Tumidocarcinus foersteri Aguirre-Urreta 1995 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Tumidocarcinidae
Full reference: M. B. Aguirre-Urreta. 1995. Taxonomic names, in A new Eocene crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Seymour Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 7:277-281
Belongs to Tumidocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Aguirre-Urreta 1995 and Feldmann et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Tumidocarcinus dentatus, Tumidocarcinus giganteus, Tumidocarcinus tumidus, Tumidocarcinus victoriensis
Type specimen: CPBA 17660
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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