Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: D. Lima, A. P. Pinheiro, R. Costa Silva, O. Aguilera, and W. Sanata. 2024. Brazilian Miocene crabs II. A new genus and species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Pirabas Formation, northern Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 133(104723)

Parent taxon: Pilumnidae according to D. Lima et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Calmaniinae, Eumedoninae, Pilumninae, Rhizopinae, Xenophthalmodinae

Subtaxa: Pirabacarcinus iara

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Type: Pirabacarcinus iara

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Colonia Pedro Teixeira (Miocene of Brazil)

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