Scyra Dana 1851 (spider crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae
Parent taxon: Pisinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chorilia, Eoparanaxia, Grolamaia, Herbstia, Hyastenus, Lessiniamathia, Libinia, Loxorynchus, Pisa, Pisoides, Planobranchia, Rochinia, Scyramathia, Tylocarcinus
Subtaxa: Scyra acutifrons
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Deadman Island (Quaternary of California)
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