Romaleon branneri Rathbun 1926 (furrowed rock crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Alternative combinations: Cancer (Romaleon) branneri, Cancer branneri

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155

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

See also Nations 1975, Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000

Sister taxa: Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis, Romaleon antennarium, Romaleon dereki, Romaleon franciscae, Romaleon gibbosulum, Romaleon jordani, Romaleon nakagawaensis, Romaleon parspinosus, Romaleon polyodon, Romaleon sakamotoi, Romaleon sanbonsugii, Romaleon urbanus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (18: California)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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