Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | † Zanthopsidae |
Genus: | † Harpactocarcinus |
Species: | †H. dalmatius |
Binomial name | |
†Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Schweitzer, Shirk, Ćosocić, Okan, Feldmann & Hoşgör, 2007 | |
Harpactocarcinus dalmatius is an extinct species of crab in the family Zanthopsidae. [1] [2] It was first described in 2007 from a coastal exposure of foraminiferal limestone dating to the Bartonian Eocene on the island of Hvar in Croatia. [1]
Harpactocarcinus dalmatius has a subovate, finely punctate carapace which is approximately 0.7x as long as it is wide and features four frontal spines and thirteen small, anterolateral ones. [1] It measures 5.30 cm (2.09 in) in width excluding spines and 3.71 cm (1.46 in) in length. [1] It has very shallow orbits which – in conjunction with small ridges extending down its midline starting from the eleventh spine – distinguish it from other species of Harpactocarcinus . [1] Like other species of Harpactocarcinus, it exhibits heterochely, having a larger right cheliped than its left. [1]