Speocarcinus is a genus of crabs in the family Pseudorhombilidae, containing six extant species,[1] one fossil species[2] from the Late Miocene,[3] one fossil species from the Eocene (Lutetian)[4] and one fossil species from the Early Eocene (Ypresian):[5]

Speocarcinus
Temporal range: Ypresian–Recent
Speocarcinus caroliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudorhombilidae
Števčić, 2005
Genus: Speocarcinus
Stimpson, 1859

References

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  1. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Annette B. Tucker; Rodney M. Feldmann & Charles L. Powell II (1994). "Speocarcinus berglundi n. sp. (Decapoda: Brachyura), a new crab from the Imperial Formation (Late Miocene–Late Pliocene) of Southern California". Journal of Paleontology. 68 (4): 800–807. JSTOR 1306148.
  4. ^ a b Claudio Beschin; Antonio De Angeli; Andrea Checchi; Giannino Zarantonello (2012). Crostacei del giacimento eocenico di Grola presso Spagnago di Cornedo Vicentino (Vicenza, Italia Settentrionale) (Decapoda, Stomapoda, Isopoda) (PDF). Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali “G. Zannato”, Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza. pp. 1–100. ISBN 978-88-900625-2-0.
  5. ^ Claudio Beschin; Alessandra Busulini; Giuliano Tessier; Roberto Zorzin (2016). "I crostacei associati a coralli nell'Eocene inferiore dell'area di Bolca (Verona e Vicenza, Italia nordorientale)" (PDF). Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona - 2. serie. Sezione Scienze della Terra. 9: 1–189. ISBN 978-88-89230-29-9.