Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Parent taxon: Necronectinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Dana 1851, Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Rathbun 1919, Rathbun 1930, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Necronectes, Sanquerus
Subtaxa: Scylla costata Scylla floridana Scylla hassiaca Scylla laevis Scylla marianae Scylla michelini Scylla molassica Scylla ozawai Scylla serrata Scylla serratus Scylla sindensis
Type: Cancer serratus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Japan (2 collections), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), the Dominican Republic (5), Japan (6), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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