Acantholambrus

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Acantholambrus
Temporal range: Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Parthenopidae
Subfamily: Parthenopinae
Genus: Acantholambrus
Blow & Manning, 1996
Species:
A. baumi
Binomial name
Acantholambrus baumi
Blow & Manning, 1996

Acantholambrus is an extinct genus of crab. It contains the single species [1] Acantholambrus baumi, [2] and was named by Blow and Manning in 1996. [1] [3]

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References

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