Holthuisea Guinot et al. 2011 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hexapodidae

Full reference: D. Guinot, A. De Angeli, and A. Garassino. 2011. Holthuisea, a new genus from the Eocene of Italy (Decapoda, Brachyura, Hexapodidae). Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume. Crustaceana Monographs 14:283-304

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

See also Guinot et al. 2011 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Bellhexapus, Eohexapus, Eurohexapus, Goniocypoda, Headonipus, Hexapinus, Hexaplax, Hexapodinae, Hexapus, Lambdophallus, Latohexapus, Mariaplax, Paeduma, Palaeopinnixa, Parahexapus, Pseudohexapus, Spiroplax, Stevea, Thaumastoplax, Tritoplax

Subtaxa: Holthuisea cesarii

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Type: Stevea cesarii

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Holthuisea in the database

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