Minohellenus sexdentatus Karasawa 1993 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Alternative combination: Imaizumila sexdentata

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

Belongs to Minohellenus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Fudouji 2000 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000

Sister taxa: Minohellenus araucanus, Minohellenus chichibuensis, Minohellenus inexpressus, Minohellenus macrocheilus, Minohellenus minoensis, Minohellenus quinquedentatus, Minohellenus umemotoi

Type specimen: MFM218507, a carapace. Its type locality is Takasakiyama Beach, which is in a Rupelian marine sandstone in the Hakai Formation of Japan.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Japan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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