Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae
Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latreille, 1902 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species. Contributions to Zoology 69(4):223-250
Parent taxon: Cancrinae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anisospinos, Cancer, Ceronnectes, Cyclocancer, Glebocarcinus, Metacarcinus, Microdium, Notocarcinus, Platepistoma, Romaleon, Santeecarcinus, Sarahcarcinus
Subtaxa: Anatolikos itoigawai Anatolikos itoigawaidup Anatolikos japonicus Anatolikos undecimspinosus
Type: Cancer japonicus
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (2 collections)
• Eocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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