Tumidocarcinus
Crab genus
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Tumidocarcinus is an extinct genus of large crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Tumidocarcinus dentatus
- Tumidocarcinus foersteri
- Tumidocarcinus giganteus
- Tumidocarcinus tumidus
- Tumidocarcinus victoriensis
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| Tumidocarcinus giganteus fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | †Tumidocarcinidae |
| Genus: | †Tumidocarcinus (*Glaessner, 1960) |
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]
