Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Alternative spelling: Cancer (Romaleon)
Parent taxon: Cancrinae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Berglund and Goedert 1992, Casadio et al. 2005, Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Nations 1975, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anatolikos, Anisospinos, Cancer, Ceronnectes, Cyclocancer, Glebocarcinus, Metacarcinus, Microdium, Notocarcinus, Platepistoma, Santeecarcinus, Sarahcarcinus
Subtaxa: Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis Romaleon antennarium Romaleon branneri Romaleon dereki Romaleon franciscae Romaleon gibbosulum Romaleon jordani Romaleon nakagawaensis Romaleon parspinosus Romaleon polyodon Romaleon sakamotoi Romaleon sanbonsugii Romaleon urbanus
Type: Cancer gibbosulus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (8 collections), United States (38: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (10: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), French Southern Territories (1), Italy (1), Japan (13), United States (2: California, Washington)
Total: 77 collections including 95 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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