Daira speciosa is an extinct species of crab that lived in the Paratethys sea during the Miocene period.[1][2] It was up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long.
| Daira speciosa Temporal range:
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| Daira speciosa carapace | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Dairidae |
| Genus: | Daira |
| Species: | †D. speciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| †Daira speciosa (Reuss, 1871)
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References edit
- ^ L. Garcia Socias (1990). "Daira speciosa Reuss, 1871 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Xanthidae) en el Mioceno de la Isla de Mallorca (Baleares)" (PDF). Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears. 33: 81–85.
- ^ Michael Gatt & Antonio de Angeli (2010). "A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) upper coralline limestone of Malta (central Mediterranean)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 53 (6): 1315–1348. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01008.x.
External links edit
- http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/D/Daira_speciosa/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120326005503/http://paleotm.com/daira/
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