Distefania Checchia-Rispolli 1914 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goniodromitidae

Synonym: Cyphonotus Bell 1863 [replaced name]

Parent taxon: Goniodromitidae according to F. J. Vega et al. 2019

See also Jagt et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Biohermia, Cycloprosopon, Cyclothyreus, Eodromites, Goniodromites, Navarradromites, Palaeodromites, Paradistefania, Pithonoton, Plagiophthalmus, Sabellidromites, Trachynotocarcinus

Subtaxa: Distefania autissiodorensis Distefania calva Distefania cryptica Distefania dacia Distefania himeraensis Distefania incerta Distefania lauginigeri Distefania oxythyreiformis Distefania renefraaijei Distefania renevieri Distefania sergipensis Distefania sinuososulcata Distefania transiens

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Type: Distefania himeraensis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (1), Mexico (1), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Delaware)

• Jurassic of Romania (1)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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