Romaleon antennarium Stimpson 1856 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Alternative combinations: Cancer (Romaleon) antennarius, Cancer antennaria, Romaleon antennarius

Belongs to Romaleon according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Luque et al. 2017, Nations 1975, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Cancer (Romaleon) wahkiakumensis, Romaleon branneri, Romaleon dereki, Romaleon franciscae, Romaleon gibbosulum, Romaleon jordani, Romaleon nakagawaensis, Romaleon parspinosus, Romaleon polyodon, Romaleon sakamotoi, Romaleon sanbonsugii, Romaleon urbanus

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (16: California)

• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (7: California)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.