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
Belongs to Metacarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Conkle et al. 2006 and Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Sister taxa: Cancer (Metacarcinus) magister, Metacarcinus anthonyi, Metacarcinus danai, Metacarcinus davidi, Metacarcinus gracilis, Metacarcinus granti, Metacarcinus izumoensis, Metacarcinus jenniferae, Metacarcinus magister, Metacarcinus minutoserratus, Metacarcinus novaezelandiae, Metacarcinus starri, Metacarcinus tenax
Type specimen: USNM 507771, a carapace. Its type locality is USGS M8170, Milky River, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine sandstone in the Bear Lake Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Alaska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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