Miopipus pygmeus Brocchi 1883 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Alternative combinations: Macropipus pygmaeus, Portunus pygmeus

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 Miopipus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Brocchi 1883, Lörenthey 1898, Müller 1974 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Miopipus zovensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Hungary (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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