Polybius Leach 1820 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Dana 1851 and Karasawa et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Liocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Echinolatus, Coenophthalmus, Nectocarcinus, Raymannius

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polybius in the database

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