Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, M. Iturralde-Vinent, J. L. Hetler and J. Velez-Juarbe. 2006. Oligocene and Miocene decapods (Thalassinidea and Brachyura) from the Caribbean. Annals of Carnegie Museum 75(2):111-136
Parent taxon: Podophthalminae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Euphylax, Paraeuphylax, Pheophthalmus, Podophthalmus, Sandomingia, Saratunus, Viaophthalmus
Subtaxa: Psygmophthalmus bifurcatus Psygmophthalmus lares
Type: Psygmophthalmus lares
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (1 collection), Puerto Rico (1), United States (1: Puerto Rico)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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