Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combination: Cancer (Metacarcinus) danai
Full reference: J. D. Nations. 1975. The genus Cancer (Crustacea: Brachyura): systematics, biogeography and fossil record. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Bulletin 23:1-104
Belongs to Metacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Nations 1975 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus davidi, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus tenax
Type specimen: UCMP 10740, a carapace
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at UCMP D-3800, Highway 40 (Miocene of California)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.