Corallicarcinus Muller and Collins 1991 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

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

See also Beschin et al. 2018, Karasawa and Kato 2003, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Muller and Collins 1991 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Baldoplax, Chirinocarcinus, Chlinocephalus, Eucrate, Euryplax, Orbitoplax, Paleopsopheticus, Prealpiplax, Simonellia, Stoaplax, Viaplax

Subtaxa: Corallicarcinus planus Corallicarcinus spinosus

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Type: Neptocarcinus spinosus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences

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