Tumidocarcinus Temporal range:
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Tumidocarcinus giganteus fossil | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Carpilioidea |
Genus: | †
Tumidocarcinus (*Glaessner, 1960) |
Tumidocarcinus is an extinct genus of crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species: [1]
It is a host of the parasitic Kentrogonida barnacles. [2]
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]