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

Tumidocarcinus
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene
Tumidocarcinus giganteus fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Carpilioidea
Genus: Tumidocarcinus
(*Glaessner, 1960)

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

Fossil record

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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