Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae
Parent taxon: Polybiinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021
See also Beschin et al. 2016, Garassino et al. 2004, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Karasawa et al. 2008, Kiessling 2003, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and van Bakel et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Archaeogeryon, Bathynectes, Benthochascon, Bericocarcinus, Boschettia, Brusinia, Coeloma, Faksecarcinus, Falsiportunites, Leiocarcinus, Lovaroides, Macropipus, Maeandricampus, Megokkos, Minohellenus, Necora, Olicarcinus, Ophthalmoplax, Parathranites, Polybius, Pororaria, Portufuria, Portunites, Echinolatus, Raymannius, Coenophthalmus, Nectocarcinus
Subtaxa: Liocarcinus atropatanus Liocarcinus corrugatus Liocarcinus depurator Liocarcinus heintzi Liocarcinus holsatus Liocarcinus kuehni Liocarcinus lancetidactylus Liocarcinus marmoreus Liocarcinus oligocaenicus Liocarcinus oroszyi Liocarcinus praearcuatus Liocarcinus priscus Liocarcinus pusillus Liocarcinus rakosensis
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (1)
• Neogene of Poland (2)
• Miocene of Hungary (5), Italy (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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