Glyphea alexandri Taylor 1979 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Glypheidae

Full reference: B.J. Taylor. 1979. Macrurous Decapoda from the Lower Cretaceous of South-Eastern Alexander Island. British Antarctic Survey Scientific Reports 81:1-39

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

See also Taylor 1979

Sister taxa: Glyphea arborinsularis, Glyphea bathonica, Glyphea bicarinata, Glyphea bohemica, Glyphea bronnii, Glyphea calloviensis, Glyphea carinata, Glyphea carolinensis, Glyphea carteri, Glyphea christeyi, Glyphea couloni, Glyphea crassa, Glyphea cretacea, Glyphea dressieri, Glyphea ferruginea, Glyphea foresti, Glyphea garasbaaensis, Glyphea georgianus, Glyphea georgiensis, Glyphea gussmanni, Glyphea hennigi, Glyphea jeletzkyi, Glyphea jurensis, Glyphea liasina, Glyphea lyrica, Glyphea macromuscula, Glyphea magnevillii, Glyphea mazetieri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea meyeri, Glyphea micheleae, Glyphea muensteri, Glyphea neocomiensis, Glyphea oculata, Glyphea pisuergae, Glyphea prestwichi, Glyphea pseudoscylarus, Glyphea pseudoscyllarus, Glyphea regleyana, Glyphea reticulata, Glyphea riazi, Glyphea rigoi, Glyphea rosenkrantzi, Glyphea serratosai, Glyphea solitaria, Glyphea spinulosa, Glyphea stilwelli, Glyphea stokesi, Glyphea tantalus, Glyphea tenuis, Glyphea tonelloi, Glyphea tricarinata, Glyphea vectensis, Glyphea viohli, Glyphea wiffenae, Glyphea willetti, Glyphea yoshiakii

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Succession Cliffs, Loc. K (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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