Symethoides van Bakel et al. 2012 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, D. Guinot, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2012. A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3215:1-216

Parent taxon: Lyreidinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2018

See also Karasawa et al. 2014 and van Bakel et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Giulianolyreidus, Lyreidus, Ranidina, Rogueus, Tribolocephalus

Subtaxa: Symethoides danieli Symethoides monmouthorum

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Type: Symethoides monmouthorum

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tinton Falls, red sand (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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