Ocalina Rathbun 1929 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carpiliidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1929. A new crab from the Eocene of Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 75:1-4

Parent taxon: Carpiliidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Collins and Donovan 2006, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1929, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Braggicarpilius, Bryocarpilius, Carpilius, Corallicarpilius, Eocarpilius, Holcocarcinus, Laticarpilius, Liopsalis, Lovaracarpilius, Maurocarpilius, Montemagralia, Palaeocarpilius, Paraocalina, Proxicarpilius, Tethyscarpilius

Subtaxa: Ocalina delicata Ocalina floridana Ocalina haldixoni Ocalina straeleni Ocalina sublevis

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Type: Ocalina floridana

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Jamaica (1 collection), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Spain (1), United States (9: Florida)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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