Actinotocarcinus
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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
- ^ a b 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.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b 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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