Carcinoplacoides flottei Kesling 1958 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: R. V. Kesling. 1958. Fossil crabs from Guam. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 14(14):207-263

Belongs to Carcinoplacoides according to R. V. Kesling 1958

Sister taxon: Libystes nitidus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dadi Beach, which is in a Pleistocene marine marl in Guam

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dadi Beach

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