Actinotocarcinus
| Actinotocarcinus Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epialtidae [1] |
| Genus: | Actinotocarcinus Jenkins, 1974 [2] |
Actinotocarcinus is an extinct genus of crab. It is the only genus in the subfamily Actinotocarcininae of the family Majidae,[3] but is more usually placed in the Epialtidae.[1] It comprises the two species Actinotocarcinus chidgeyi Jenkins, 1974 and Actinotocarcinus maclauchlani Feldmann, 1993, both from the Miocene of New Zealand.[2][4]
References
- 1 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.
- 1 2 R. J. F. Jenkins (1974). "A new spider-crab from the Miocene of New Zealand" (PDF). Palaeontology 17 (4): 869–877.
- ↑ Zdravko Števčić (2005). "The reclassification of Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)" (PDF). Natura Croatica 14 (Suppl. 1): 1–159.
- ↑ Rodney M. Feldmann (1993). "Additions to the fossil decapod crustacean fauna of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 36 (2): 201–211. doi:10.1080/00288306.1993.9514568.
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