Euronectes Karasawa et al. 2008 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa, C. E. Schweitzer, and R. M. Feldmann. 2008. Revision of the Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura) with emphasis on the fossil genera and families. Journal of Crustacean Biology 28(1):82-127

Parent taxon: Carupinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli et al. 2010, Karasawa et al. 2008 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Carupa, Catoptrus, Laleonectes, Libystes, Neptocarcinus, Rakosia, Richerellus, Atoportunus

Subtaxa: Euronectes grumiensis Euronectes vocans

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Type: Rakosia grumiensis

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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