Euphylax callinectias Rathbun 1918 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184

Belongs to Euphylax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Rathbun 1918

Sister taxa: Euphylax callinecias, Euphylax domingensis, Euphylax dovii, Euphylax fortis, Euphylax fortispinosus, Euphylax maculatus, Euphylax septendentatus

Type specimen: USNM 324252, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS 5882j, Rio Banano, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 5882j, Rio Banano

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