Euryplax culebrensis Rathbun 1918 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

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

Belongs to Euryplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Rathbun 1918

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 324226, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 6012c, Canal Zone, which is in a Burdigalian marine shale/mudstone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 6012c, Canal Zone

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