Coeloma

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Coeloma
Temporal range: Thanetian–Pliocene [1]
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Fossils of Coeloma vigil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Geryonidae
Genus:† Coeloma
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Type species
Coeloma vigil   [2]
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Coeloma is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Geryonidae [3] or Mathildellidae. [4] The genus includes 17 species, [3] formerly distributed among several subgenera. [2] The fossil record of the genus extends from the Thanetian to the Pliocene. [1]

Species

There are 17 species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "†Coeloma Milne-Edwards 1865". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Iuliana Lazǎr (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum . 35: 1–14.
  3. 1 2 3 "Coeloma A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine


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