Persianus Garassino et al. 2024 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, G. Pasini, M. Mirzaie Ataabadi and T. Nyborg. 2024. Taxonomic names, in New report of decapod crustaceans from the Miocene of Iran. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 76(A200324)

Parent taxon: Portuninae according to A. Garassino et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Acanthoportunus, Achelous, Arenaeus, Callinectes, Colneptunus, Portunus, Pseudoachelous, Rathbunites

Subtaxa: Persianus arcuatus

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Type: Persianus arcuatus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at 6 km south of Rudig village (Miocene of Iran)

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