Carcinoscorpius Pocock 1902 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Parent taxon: Tachypleinae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2012, Lamsdell 2016 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxon: Tachypleus

Subtaxa: Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcinoscorpius in the database

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