Phalangites Munster 1839 (spiny lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palinuridae

Parent taxon: Palinuridae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2015

See also Glaessner 1969, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeocarabus, Archaeopalinurus, Astacodes, Eurycarpus, Jasus, Justitia, Linuparus, Palaeopalinurus, Palinurellus, Palinurina, Palinurus, Panulirus, Parallelogastrus, Projasus, Puerulus, Rugafarius, Yunnanopalinura

Subtaxa: Phalangites priscus

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Type: Phalangites priscus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phalangites in the database

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