†Pheophthalmus Feldmann et al. 2010 (swimming crab)
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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
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mocha Island (Miocene of Chile)
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