Pseudocarcinus Milne-Edwards 1834 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Menippidae

Parent taxon: Menippidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1960, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Menippe

Subtaxa: Pseudocarcinus gigas Pseudocarcinus mercenaria

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Type: Cancer gigas

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Goldsborough-Kumara Road (Miocene of New Zealand)

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