Palaemon vesolensis Bravi et al. 1999 (shrimp)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Palaemonidae

Full reference: S. Bravi, M. Coppa, A. Garassino and R. Patricelli. 1999. Palaemon vesolensis n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Platten kalk of Vesole Mount (Salerno, Southern Italy). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 140(2):141-169

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

See also Bravi et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Palaemon antonellae, Palaemon debilis, Palaemon dolospina, Palaemon exul, Palaemon fabricii, Palaemon intermedius, Palaemon litoreus, Palaemon macrodactylus, Palaemon mortuus, Palaemon serenus

Type specimen: A4491/8. Its type locality is Monte Vesole, interval g, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Vesole, interval g

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