Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Full reference: B. W. M. Van Bakel, N. Robin, and P. Y. Noël. 2018. Taxonomic names, in First fossil crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Kerguelen Islands (Miocene) with exceptionally preserved gills. Journal of Paleontology 92:466-477
Belongs to Romaleon according to B. W. M. Van Bakel et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis, Romaleon antennarium, Romaleon branneri, Romaleon dereki, Romaleon gibbosulum, Romaleon jordani, Romaleon nakagawaensis, Romaleon parspinosus, Romaleon polyodon, Romaleon sakamotoi, Romaleon sanbonsugii, Romaleon urbanus
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A59107, a carapace. Its type locality is Cap Milon, Prince of Wales foreland, which is in a Miocene shoreface sandstone in French Southern Territories.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cap Milon, Prince of Wales foreland
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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