Neptunus de Haan 1839 (swimming crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Parent taxon: Portunidae according to P. P. Satsangi and K Parida 1980

See also Glaessner 1969

Sister taxa: Archaeoportunus, Arenaeinae, Carcinides, Carupinae, Enoplonotus, Lupinae, Lupocyclinae, Necronectinae, Podophthalminae, Portuninae, Psammocarcininae, Thalamitinae

Subtaxa: Neptunus monspeliensis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Virgin Islands collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (1)

• Oligocene of India (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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