Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Alternative combinations: Itoigawaia minoensis, Portunites minoensis
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 Minohellenus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa 1990 and Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Minohellenus araucanus, Minohellenus chichibuensis, Minohellenus inexpressus, Minohellenus macrocheilus, Minohellenus quinquedentatus, Minohellenus sexdentatus, Minohellenus umemotoi
Type specimen: MFM9035. 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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