Podophthalmus Lamarck 1801 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

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

See also Collins et al. 2003, Dana 1851, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Kesling 1958, Luque et al. 2017, Morris and Collins 1991, Rathbun 1930, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Euphylax, Paraeuphylax, Pheophthalmus, Psygmophthalmus, Sandomingia, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus

Subtaxa: Podophthalmus buchii Podophthalmus defrancei Podophthalmus domingensis Podophthalmus fusiformis Podophthalmus taiwanicus Podophthalmus vigil

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Guam (1 collection), Japan (1), Malaysia (1), the Philippines (1)

• Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of Brunei Darussalam (1), Malaysia (4)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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