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(Redirected from Tumidocarcinus giganteus) Crab genus

Tumidocarcinus
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tumidocarcinus giganteus fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species:

It is a host of the parasitic Kentrogonida barnacles.

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene epoch. 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.

References

  1. ^ "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
Taxon identifiers
Tumidocarcinus


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