Eucalliax yoshihiroi Karasawa 1992 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eucalliacidae

Alternative combination: Eucalliax yoshiroi

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1992. Fossil decapod crustaceans from the Manda Group (Middle Eocene), Kyushu, Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 167:1247-1258

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

See also Karasawa 1992 and Karasawa 1993

Sister taxa: Eucalliax aequimanus, Eucalliax burckhardti, Eucalliax miyazakiensis, Eucalliax multisetae, Eucalliax rugata, Eucalliax vicetina, Eucalliax yatsuoensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kattachi, Omuta City, which is in a Lutetian shoreface sandstone in the Kattachi Formation of Japan

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Kattachi, Omuta City

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