Metacarcinus starri

Tags: Crustacean.

Metacarcinus starri is an extinct species of crab in the family Cancridae subfamily Cancrinae. The species is known solely from the early Miocene Clallam Formation and the underlying Pysht Formation deposits on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state United States.

class: Malacostraca
family: Cancridae
genus: Metacarcinus
kingdom: Animal
order: Decapoda
phylum: Arthropod
synonym: Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri (Berglund & Goedert 1996)

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