Cryptosoma Milne Edwards 1837 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Parent taxon: Calappidae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Luque et al. 2017 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Acanthocarpus, Bittnerilia, Calappa, Calappella, Calappilia, Calappinae, Carinocalappa, Corallomursia, Corallomursinae, Cycloes, Matutinae, Mursia, Mursilata, Mursilia, Mursiopsis, Nantocyclois, Necrocarcininae, Paracorallomursia, Paracyclois, Pseudocorallomursia, Pseudomicippella, Stenodromia, Tavernolesia, Tutus

Subtaxa: Cryptosoma bairdii Cryptosoma dentatum

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Type: Cryptosoma dentatum

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Panama (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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