Summary
Harpactocarcinus dalmatius is an extinct species of crab in the family Zanthopsidae.[1][2] It was first described in 2007 from a coastal exposure of foraminiferal limestone dating to the Bartonian Eocene on the island of Hvar in Croatia.[1]
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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: | †Zanthopsidae |
| Genus: | †Harpactocarcinus |
| Species: | †H. dalmatius
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| †Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Schweitzer, Shirk, Ćosocić, Okan, Feldmann & Hoşgör, 2007
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Description
editHarpactocarcinus dalmatius has a subovate, finely punctate carapace which is approximately 0.7x as long as it is wide and features four frontal spines and thirteen small, anterolateral ones.[1] It measures 5.30 cm (2.09 in) in width excluding spines and 3.71 cm (1.46 in) in length.[1] It has very shallow orbits which – in conjunction with small ridges extending down its midline starting from the eleventh spine – distinguish it from other species of Harpactocarcinus.[1] Like other species of Harpactocarcinus, it exhibits heterochely, having a larger right cheliped than its left.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Shirk, Aubrey M.; Ćosocić, Vlasta; Okan, Yavuz; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Hoşgör, Izzet (September 2007). "New species of Harpactocarcinus from the Tethyan Eocene and their paleoecological setting". Journal of Paleontology. 81 (5): 1091–1100. doi:10.1666/pleo05-155.1. JSTOR 4498861.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (3 January 2023). "Harpactocarcinus dalmatius Schweitzer, Shirk, Ćosocić, Okan, Feldmann & Hoşgör, 2007 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
