Melipal chilensis Schweitzer et al. 2006 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, A. Encinas and M. Suarez. 2006. New Cretaceous and Eocene Callianassoidea (Thalassinidea, Decapoda) from Algarrobo, Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(1):73-81

Belongs to Melipal according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Schweitzer et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGO.PI.6385, an other. Its type locality is Algarrobo (Estratos de Algarrobo), which is in an Eocene/Eocene deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Estratos de Algarrobo Formation of Chile.

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Algarrobo (Estratos de Algarrobo)

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