Petrochirus priscus Brocchi 1883 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Alternative combination: Pagurus priscus

Full reference: P. Brocchi. 1883. Notes sur les crustacés fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Hongrie. Annales des Sciences Géologiques 14(2):1-8

Belongs to Petrochirus according to G. Díaz-Medina et al. 2017

See also Brocchi 1883, Lörenthey 1898, Müller 1984 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Petrochirus bahamensis, Petrochirus bouvieri, Petrochirus diogenes, Petrochirus inequalis, Petrochirus mezi, Petrochirus minutus, Petrochirus poscolensis, Petrochirus savii, Petrochirus taylori

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Hungary (4 collections), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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