Misplaced Pages

Coeloma

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Extinct genus of crabs

Coeloma
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossils of Coeloma vigil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Mathildellidae
Genus: Coeloma
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Type species
Coeloma vigil 
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Coeloma is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Mathildellidae. The genus includes 19 species, distributed among several subgenera, and is in need of revision. The fossil record of the genus extends from the Eocene to the Miocene.

Species

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Taxon identifiers
Coeloma


Stub icon

This Eubrachyura article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: