Tumidocarcinus

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Tumidocarcinus
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene
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Tumidocarcinus giganteus fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family:† Tumidocarcinidae
Genus:† Tumidocarcinus
(*Glaessner, 1960)

Tumidocarcinus is an extinct genus of large crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species: [1]

It is a host of the parasitic Kentrogonida barnacles. [2]

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene epoch. [1] Most species of Tumidocarcinus are known from New Zealand and Australia, however, T. foersteri is known from the La Meseta Formation from Seymour Island, Antarctica. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  2. ↑ Feldmann, R. (1998). Parasitic castration of the crab, Tumidocarcinus giganteus Glaessner, from the Miocene of New Zealand: Coevolution within the Crustacea. Journal of Paleontology,72(3), 493-498. doi:10.1017/S0022336000024264
  3. ↑ Aguirre-Urreta, M., Marenssi, S., & Santillana, S. (1995). A new Eocene crab (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Seymour Island, Antarctica. Antarctic Science,7(3), 277-281. doi:10.1017/S0954102095000381


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