Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Alternative spelling: Cancer (Pilumnus)
Parent taxon: Pilumninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022
See also Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Garassino et al. 2004, Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1909, Schweitzer et al. 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actumnus, Agnocarcinus, Budapanopeus, Eohalimede, Eopilumnus, Eumorphactaea, Galenopsis, Gecchelicarcinus, Glabropilumnus, Heteropanope, Lessinicarcinus, Lobogalenopsis, Palladiocarcinus, Pilummede, Pilumnopeus, Prealpicarcinus, Tierrapilumnus
Subtaxa: Pilumnus borradailei Pilumnus cucaoensis Pilumnus fookimensis Pilumnus hirtellus Pilumnus lunatus Pilumnus mediterraneus Pilumnus olivellai Pilumnus pannosus Pilumnus ristorii Pilumnus sayi Pilumnus scaber Pilumnus spinossimus Pilumnus subequus Pilumnus villosissimus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (3: Florida, Virgin Islands)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Chile (5), the Dominican Republic (2), Hungary (11), Malaysia (3), Malta (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Neogene of Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 41 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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