Pheophthalmus Feldmann et al. 2010 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Parent taxon: Portunidae according to J. Luque et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Arenaeinae, Atoportuninae, Caphyrinae, Carcinides, Carupinae, Enoplonotus, Lupinae, Lupocyclinae, Necronectinae, Neptunus, Podophthalminae, Portuninae, Psammocarcininae, Thalamitinae

Subtaxa: Pheophthalmus mochaensis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mocha Island (Miocene of Chile)

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