Nursia Leach 1817 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Parent taxon: Ebaliinae according to H. Karasawa et al. 2019

See also Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Arcania, Cabrillia, Ebalia, Heteronucia, Hiplyra, Ilia, Iliacantha, Ixa, Ixoides, Leucosilia, Leucosiraja, Lyphira, Merocryptus, Myra, Myropsis, Nucia, Paranursia, Persephona, Philyra, Pseudophilyra, Pyrhila, Randallia, Ryphila, Speloeophorus, Tokoyo, Uhlias

Subtaxa: Nursia bilobata Nursia japonica

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TYS-1 (Miocene to Miocene of Philippines)

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