Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative combination: Cancer magister
Belongs to Cancer (Metacarcinus) according to J. D. Nations 1975
See also Feldmann et al. 2006, Rathbun 1926, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2019
Sister taxa: Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus davidi, Metacarcinus goederti, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus tenax
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (15: California, Oregon collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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