Tumidocarcinus_giganteus

<i>Tumidocarcinus</i>

Tumidocarcinus

Crab genus

Tumidocarcinus is an extinct genus of crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species:[1]

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It is a host of the parasitic Kentrogonida barnacles.[2]

Fossil record

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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  2. [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. [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


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