Lachnopodus Stimpson 1859 (stone crab)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Parent taxon: Xanthinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Kiessling 2003 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cycloxanthops, Demania, Garthiope, Leotodius, Leptodius, Liagore, Macromedaeus, Megamia, Metopoxantho, Micropanope, Nanocassiope, Palaeoxanthops, Paraxanthias, Paraxanthodes, Paraxanthus, Xanthias, Xantho, Xanthodius
Subtaxa: Lachnopodus bidentatus Lachnopodus murdjadjensis Lachnopodus subacutus
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Djebel Murdjadjo reefs, Oran (Miocene of Algeria)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.