Tumidocarcinus Dentatus
''Tumidocarcinus'' is an extinct genus of crabs in the family Tumidocarcinidae, containing the following species: * ''Tumidocarcinus dentatus'' * ''Tumidocarcinus foersteri'' * ''Tumidocarcinus giganteus'' * ''Tumidocarcinus tumidus'' * ''Tumidocarcinus victoriensis'' It is a host of the parasitic ''Kentrogonida'' barnacles. Fossil record This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene epoch. Most other species of Tumidocarcinus are known from New Zealand and Australia, however, Tumidocarcinus foersteri, T. foersteri is known from the La Meseta Formation from Seymour Island, Antarctica.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 References

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