Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, P. A. Maxwell and B. M. Kelley. 2008. Fossil isopod and decapod crustaceans from the Kowai Formation (Pliocene) near Makikihi, South Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 51:43-58

Parent taxon: Goneplacidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Albaidaplax, Amydrocarcinus, Astiplax, Carcinoplacinae, Carcinoplax, Carinocarcinoidinae, Entricoplax, Euryplacinae, Goneplacinae, Goneplax, Mathildellinae, Neogoneplax, Ommatocarcinus, Psopheticus

Subtaxa: Kowaicarcinus maxwellae

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Type: Kowaicarcinus maxwellae

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Makikihi River (Pliocene of New Zealand)

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