Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

this species was originally assigned to the genus Panopeus but it was later reassigned to the current genus

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

Belongs to Panopeus according to W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins 1981

See also Collins 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Schweitzer et al. 2021

Sister taxa: 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 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

Type specimen: BMNH In.61724, a carapace. Its type locality is Lee-on-the-Solent, Elmore Formation, Unit 7, which is in a Lutetian marginal marine claystone/claystone in the Elmore Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee-on-the-Solent, Elmore Formation, Unit 7

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.