Paki Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Micheleidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa and H. Hayakawa. 2000. Additions to Cretaceous decapod crustaceans from Hokkaido, Japan-Part 1. Nephropidae, Micheleidae and Galatheidae. Paleontological Research 4(2):139-145

Parent taxon: Micheleidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Amatukamius, Meticonaxiinae, Meticonaxius, Michelea

Subtaxa: Paki rurkonsimpu

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Type: Paki rurkonsimpu

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at YEZ-18, Kotanbetsu, Tomamae-cho (Cretaceous of Japan)

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