Metacarcinus minutoserratus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Genus: | Metacarcinus |
| Species: | †M. minutoserratus
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| †Metacarcinus minutoserratus (Nagao, 1940)
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Metacarcinus minutoserratus is an extinct crab from the family Cancridae, which is known for its robust, often rounded carapaces.
Description
[edit]This species was described based on fossil evidence and is thought to have lived during the Pliocene epoch[1]. It was first discovered by Japanese biologist Hideki Nagamori in 1940 "from a cliff outcrop of the right bank of the Himekawa River near Miyamoto, Otari Village, Kita-azumi County, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Metacarcinus".
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org.