Panopeus Milne Edwards 1834 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Alternative spelling: Panopaeus

Parent taxon: Panopeinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Beschin et al. 2013, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Bittner 1875, Casadio et al. 2005, Dana 1851, Glaessner 1980, Luque et al. 2017, Muller and Collins 1991, Quayle and Collins 1981, Rathbun 1918, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eurypanopeus, Eurytium, Hexapanopeus, Lophopanopeus, Metopocarcinus, Pakicarcinus, Tetraxanthus

Subtaxa: Panopaeus vincentinus Panopeus affinis Panopeus angustifrons Panopeus antepurpureus Panopeus areolatus Panopeus baldwini Panopeus baldwinidup Panopeus bericus Panopeus bermudensis Panopeus bessmanni Panopeus bolcensis Panopeus capanemaensis Panopeus chilensis Panopeus crenatus Panopeus dissimilis Panopeus estellensis Panopeus granulineatus Panopeus harrisii Panopeus harttii Panopeus hemphillii Panopeus herbstii Panopeus incisus Panopeus jerseyensis Panopeus kempi Panopeus lauensis Panopeus limosus Panopeus muelleri Panopeus nanus Panopeus occidentalis Panopeus olearis Panopeus olearisdup Panopeus ovatus Panopeus packardii Panopeus parvulus Panopeus paucicarinatus Panopeus piramidensis Panopeus planissimus Panopeus planus Panopeus postalensis Panopeus prosakrolophos Panopeus rugosus Panopeus sayi Panopeus serratus Panopeus soledadensis Panopeus texanus Panopeus torus Panopeus transversus Panopeus tridentatus Panopeus validus Panopeus veintensis Panopeus viai Panopeus wronai Panopeus wurdemannii

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Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (1), Panama (4), United States (7: Maryland, Massachusets, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Costa Rica (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Fiji (2), Jamaica (1), Panama (3), United States (3: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (2: North Carolina, Virginia)

• Miocene of Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Cuba (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Haiti (1), Hungary (2), Jamaica (1), Malta (1), Panama (3), Poland (2), United States (14: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Alaska)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Italy (5), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Oregon)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Alabama, New Jersey)

Total: 76 collections including 83 occurrences

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