Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae
Alternative spellings: Cancer (Xantho), Xanthus
Parent taxon: Xanthinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Dana 1851, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Tiwari et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Cycloxanthops, Demania, Garthiope, Lachnopodus, Leotodius, Leptodius, Liagore, Macromedaeus, Megamia, Metopoxantho, Micropanope, Nanocassiope, Palaeoxanthops, Paraxanthias, Paraxanthodes, Paraxanthus, Xanthias, Xanthodius
Subtaxa: Xantho agassizi Xantho edwardsi Xantho granulosus Xantho hydrophilus Xantho incisus Xantho lovisatoi Xantho moldavicus Xantho vitiensis
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Panama (1), Spain (2), United States (2: Califormia, Washington)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Hungary (12), India (2), Malta (2), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 30 collections including 33 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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