Actinotocarcinus

Actinotocarcinus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Subfamily: Actinotocarcininae
Genus: Actinotocarcinus
Jenkins, 1974 
Type species
Actinotocarcinus chidgeyi
Jenkins, 1974
Species
  • A. chidgeyi Jenkins, 1974
  • A. maclauchlani Feldmann, 1993

Actinotocarcinus is an extinct genus of Miocene crab, and is the only genus in the subfamily Actinotocarcininae of the family Epialtidae, though was originally classified in the family Majidae. Actinotocarcinus comprises two species, A. chidgeyi, and A. maclauchlani, both from Miocene-aged marine strata of New Zealand.