Bathynectes muelleri

Bathynectes muelleri is an extinct species of polybiid crab and the oldest known species of the genus Bathynectes. It lived in the Central Paratethys of modern-day Ukraine during the Badenian age(Langhian, middle Miocene ). While extant species of Bathynectes live mainly in deep water habitats, B. muelleri fossils were found in sediments indicative of shallow water habitats, suggesting the earliest Bathynectes originated in shallow waters, and descendent species migrated to deep-water habitats.[1]

Bathynectes muelleri
Temporal range: Mid Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Polybiidae
Genus: Bathynectes
Species:
B. muelleri
Binomial name
Bathynectes muelleri
Ossó and Stalennuy, 2011

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