Podophthalmus domingensis Rathbun 1919 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1919. West Indian Tertiary decapod crustaceans. Contributions to the Geology and Paleontology of the West Indies 157-184

Belongs to Podophthalmus according to M. J. Rathbun 1919

See also Collins et al. 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2021 and Schweitzer et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Podophthalmus buchii, Podophthalmus defrancei, Podophthalmus fusiformis, Podophthalmus taiwanicus, Podophthalmus vigil

Type specimen: ANSP 2265, a carapace. Its type locality is Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lower half of Yaqui del Norte River valley

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