Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combinations: Cancer (Metacarcinus) novaezealandiae, Cancer novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus novaezealandiae, Platycarcinus novaezelandiae
Belongs to Metacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2006, Glaessner 1960, Nations 1975, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Tashman et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus davidi, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus starridup, Metacarcinus tenax
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (3 collections)
• Miocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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