Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, C. Beschin, A. Busulini, G. Tessier, J. W. M. Jagt and B. W. M. Van Bakel. 2020. Joecalcinus, a new hermit crab genus from the Eocene of northern Italy: the second Cenozoic representative of the extant family Calcinidae (Decapoda, Anomura). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 296:101-105

Parent taxon: Diogenidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Fraaije et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Bachmayerus, Cancellus, Ciliopagurus, Clibanarius, Cretacocalcinus, Dardaninae, Dardanus, Diogenes, Eocalcinus, Eopaguropsis, Longipaguristes, Paguristes, Paguropsis, Palaeopetrochirus, Parapaguristes, Parapetrochirus, Paronapaguropsis, Petrochirus, Striadiogenes, Strigopagurus, Tetralobistes, Tithopaguristes, Ululapagurus

Subtaxa: Joecalcinus bolcensis

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Type: Joecalcinus bolcensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Rama di Bolca (Eocene of Italy)

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