Lepidopa scutellata Stimpson 1862 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Albuneidae
Full reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93
Belongs to Lepidopa according to W. Stimpson 1862
Sister taxa: Lepidopa benedicti, Lepidopa californica, Lepidopa chilensis, Lepidopa deamae, Lepidopa dexterae, Lepidopa esposa, Lepidopa haigae, Lepidopa luciae, Lepidopa mearnsi, Lepidopa mexicana, Lepidopa richmondi, Lepidopa venusta, Lepidopa websteri, Lepidopa wollebaeki
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at St. Thomas (Quaternary of Virgin Islands)
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