Globihexapus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. Differentiation of the fossil Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 (Decapoda: Brachyura) from similar forms. Journal of Paleontology 75(2):330-345

Parent taxon: Asthenognathinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Asthenognathus

Subtaxa: Globihexapus kosekii Globihexapus paxillus

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Type: Globihexapus paxillus

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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