Petrolisthes Stimpson 1858 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae

Parent taxon: Porcellanidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli and Ceccon 2017, De Angeli et al. 2010, Karasawa 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Müller 1984, Muller and Collins 1991, Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ancylocheles, Beripetrolisthes, Cretacolana, Disipia, Eopetrolisthes, Lobipetrolisthes, Longoporcellana, Megalobrachium, Montemagrelisthes, Pachycheles, Paraporcellana, Petrocheles, Pisidia, Polyonyx, Porcellana, Spathagalathea, Vibrissalana

Subtaxa: Petrolisthes avitus Petrolisthes bittneri Petrolisthes elongatus Petrolisthes haydni Petrolisthes lauensis Petrolisthes lineatus Petrolisthes magnus Petrolisthes miocaenicus Petrolisthes myakkensis Petrolisthes striatissimus Petrolisthes tuberculatus Petrolisthes vicetinus Petrolisthes violacea

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (3), Panama (1), United States (3: Flrida, Pennslyvania, Virgin Islands)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)

• Pliocene of Fiji (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (3), Italy (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Poland (2), Ukraine (1)

• Oligocene of Italy (6)

• Eocene of Italy (7)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 37 collections including 46 occurrences

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