Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combination: Cancer sismondae
Synonyms: Cancer illyricus Bittner 1883, Platycarcinus deshayesii Milne Edwards 1861
Belongs to Lobocarcinus according to A. Garassino and A. De Angeli 2004
See also Anderson and Feldmann 1995, Bittner 1875, Collins 2002, Müller 1984, Ristori 1886, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Lobocarcinus aegypticus, Lobocarcinus catalaunicus, Lobocarcinus indicus, Lobocarcinus lumacopius, Lobocarcinus paulinowuerttemburgensis, Lobocarcinus paulinowurtembergensis, Lobocarcinus pentanodosus, Lobocarcinus pustulosus, Lobocarcinus santosi, Lobocarcinus sismondai
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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