Rhachiosoma Woodward 1871 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1871. Notes on some new Crustaceans from the Lower Eocene of Portsmouth. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 27:90-93

Parent taxon: Portunoidea according to À. Ossó et al. 2022

See also Feldmann and Duncan 1992, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1969, Glaessner 1980, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Lörenthey 1898, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1871

Sister taxa: Carcineretidae, Carcinidae, Eogeryonidae, Geryonidae, Lithophylacidae, Longusorbiidae, Pleolobites, Portunidae, Psammocarcinidae

Subtaxa: Rhachiosoma bispinosa Rhachiosoma echinata

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Type: Rhachiosoma bispinosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Hungary (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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