Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: V. Van Straelen. 1933. Sur des crustacés décapodes cénozoïques du Venezuela. Bulletin du Musée Roayal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 9(10):1-14
Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Van Straelen 1933
Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa costaricana, Calappa depressa, Calappa earlei, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, Calappa granulatus, Calappa heberti, Calappa hepatica, Calappa japonica, Calappa lanensis, Calappa lienharti, Calappa lophos, Calappa madoerensis, Calappa matzkei, Calappa nitida, Calappa oboui, Calappa ocalanus, Calappa pavimenta, Calappa philargius, Calappa praelata, Calappa protopustulosa, Calappa pustulosa, Calappa restricta, Calappa robertsi, Calappa sahelensis, Calappa sangiranensis, Calappa sexaspinosa, Calappa springeri, Calappa zinsmeisteri, Calappa zurcheri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baragua, south, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in Venezuela
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Venezuela (2 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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