Coeloma

Coeloma
Temporal range: Thanetian–Pliocene
Fossils of Coeloma vigil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Geryonidae
Genus: †Coeloma
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
Type species
Coeloma vigil 
A. Milne-Edwards, 1865

Coeloma is an extinct genus of crabs belonging to the family Geryonidae or Mathildellidae. The genus includes 17 species, formerly distributed among several subgenera. The fossil record of the genus extends from the Thanetian to the Pliocene.

Species

There are 17 species:

References

  1. 1 2 "†Coeloma Milne-Edwards 1865". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 "Coeloma A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 †". DecaNet. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ↑ 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 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine