Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa and T. Nakagawa. 2010. A new species of ghost shrimp (Decapoda: Thalassinidea) from the Miocene Kunimi Formation, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 36:31-36
Belongs to Neocallichirus according to H. Karasawa and T. Nakagawa 2010
Sister taxa: Neocallichirus aetodes, Neocallichirus agadirensis, Neocallichirus allegranzii, Neocallichirus angelikae, Neocallichirus bacatus, Neocallichirus bona, Neocallichirus borensis, Neocallichirus dijki, Neocallichirus fortisi, Neocallichirus horneri, Neocallichirus manningi, Neocallichirus matsoni, Neocallichirus nishikawai, Neocallichirus okamotoi, Neocallichirus peraensis, Neocallichirus porterensis, Neocallichirus quisquellanus, Neocallichirus rhinos, Neocallichirus rodfeldmanni, Neocallichirus sakiae, Neocallichirus scotti, Neocallichirus vaughani, Neocallichirus wellsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kunimi, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Kunimi Formation of Japan
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Kunimi
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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