Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combination: Cancer (Glebocarcinus) itoigawai
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1990. Decapod crustaceans from the Miocene Mizunami Group, central Japan. Part 2. Section Oxyrhyncha, Cancridea and Brachyrhyncha. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 17:1-33
Belongs to Anatolikos according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anatolikos itoigawaidup, Anatolikos japonicus, Anatolikos undecimspinosus
Type specimen: MFM9025. Its type locality is Yamanouchi, which is in a Burdigalian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Akeyo Formation of Japan.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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