Cancer nancei Bahman et al. 2020 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Full reference: H. Bahman, R. M. Feldmann, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2020. Systematics and paleoecology of Miocene brachyuran crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cancroidea, Portunidae) from the St. Marys Formation, Maryland, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40:256-268

Belongs to Cancer according to H. Bahman et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cancer (Cancer), Cancer allisoni, Cancer araneus, Cancer bainbridgensis, Cancer beaumonti, Cancer bellianus, Cancer borealis, Cancer brewerii, Cancer burtini, Cancer carniolicus, Cancer cassivelaunus, Cancer chaneyi, Cancer coosensis, Cancer dorsipes, Cancer durhami, Cancer fissus, Cancer fujinaensis, Cancer gabbi, Cancer garthi, Cancer irroratus, Cancer johngarthi, Cancer maculatus, Cancer marri, Cancer meticurensis, Cancer modestus, Cancer pagurus, Cancer parvidens, Cancer pelagicus, Cancer porteri, Cancer proavitus, Cancer productus, Cancer punctulatus, Cancer raninus, Cancer reversus, Cancer rhomboides, Cancer santosi, Cancer solitarius, Cancer styriacus, Cancer tomowoi, Cancer vancalsteri, Cancer villabersiani, Cancer whitfieldi, Cancer yanceyi, Cancer zahrae, Cancer zameniscus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chesapeake Ranch Estates (Miocene of Maryland)

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