Daira speciosa

Daira speciosa; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Daira speciosa carapace
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Dairidae
Genus:	Daira
Species:	†D. speciosa
Binomial name
	†Daira speciosa; (Reuss, 1871)

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.

References

^ 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.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

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