Prionoplax Stimpson 1862 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Full reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93

Parent taxon: Prionoplacinae according to M. F. Glaessner 1969

See also Stimpson 1862

Sister taxa: Balcacarcinus, Bittnereus, Carinocarcinus, Glyphithyreus, Palaeograpsus

Subtaxa: Prionoplax spinicarpus

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Generic Location (Quaternary of Panama)

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