Malacostraca - Decapoda - Hymenosomatidae

Full reference: I.D. Mendes, W. Santana, and I. Souza Carvalho. 2022. Fossil hymenosomatid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Lower Cretaceous of NE Brazil. Cretaceous Research 134(105174)

Parent taxon: Hymenosomatidae according to I.D. Mendes et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Eureotropisinae, Halicarcinus, Hymenosomatinae, Lucascinus, Odiomarinae, Rhynchoplax

Subtaxa: Protohymenosoma gondwanicum Protohymenosoma hexagonale

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sergipe-Alagoas Collection (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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