Ovalipes Rathbun 1898 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Geryonidae

Synonym: Anisopus den Haan 1833 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Ovalipinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1960, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ovalipes formosanus Ovalipes punctatus Ovalipes stephensoni

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), New Zealand (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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