Coeloma

Coeloma is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Mathildellidae. The genus includes 19 species,[2] distributed among several subgenera, and is in need of revision.[1] The fossil record of the genus extends from the Eocene to the Miocene.[1]

Coeloma
Temporal range: Eocene–Miocene
Fossils of Coeloma vigil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Mathildellidae
Genus:
Coeloma

Type species
Coeloma vigil [1]
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Species
  • Coeloma balticum
  • Coeloma bicarinatum
  • Coeloma birsteini
  • Coeloma credneri
  • Coeloma dentatum
  • Coeloma egerense
  • Coeloma glabra
  • Coeloma granulosum
  • Coeloma incarinatum
  • Coeloma isseli
  • Coeloma latifrons
  • Coeloma macoveii
  • Coeloma macrodactylus
  • Coeloma martinezensis
  • Coeloma rupeliense
  • Coeloma sabatium
  • Coeloma taunicum
  • Coeloma varelata
  • Coeloma vigil

References
  1. Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Iuliana Lazǎr (2009). "Fossil Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia and Ostracoda) in the University of Bucharest Collections, Romania, including two new species" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 35: 1–14.
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.


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