Tumidocarcinus is an extinct genus of large 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.Feldmann, R. (1998). Parasitic castration of the crab, Tumidocarcinus giganteus Glaessner, from the Miocene of New Zealand: Coevolution within the Crustacea. Journal of Paleontology, 72(3), 493-498. doi:10.1017/S0022336000024264
Fossil record This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene epoch. Most species of Tumidocarcinus are known from New Zealand and Australia, however, 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