Paraxanthias Odhner 1925 (stone crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Parent taxon: Xanthinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cycloxanthops, Demania, Garthiope, Lachnopodus, Leotodius, Leptodius, Liagore, Macromedaeus, Megamia, Metopoxantho, Micropanope, Nanocassiope, Palaeoxanthops, Paraxanthodes, Paraxanthus, Xanthias, Xantho, Xanthodius
Subtaxa: Paraxanthias fujiyamai
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Megami Cliff (Miocene to Miocene of Japan)
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