Ommatocarcinus White 1852 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae

Synonym: Neommatocarcinus Takeda and Miyake 1969

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

See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1960, Jenkins 1975, Karasawa and Kato 2003, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Albaidaplax, Amydrocarcinus, Astiplax, Carcinoplacinae, Carcinoplax, Carinocarcinoidinae, Entricoplax, Euryplacinae, Goneplacinae, Goneplax, Kowaicarcinus, Mathildellinae, Neogoneplax, Psopheticus

Subtaxa: Ommatocarcinus corioensis Ommatocarcinus fibiophthalmus Ommatocarcinus huttoni Ommatocarcinus macgillivrayi Ommatocarcinus orientalis Ommatocarcinus sankuei Ommatocarcinus taiwanicus

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Type: Ommatocarcinus macgillivrayi

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (13)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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