Eumunida pentacantha Muller and Collins 1991 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Chirostylidae

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

Belongs to Eumunida according to A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon 2012

Sister taxon: Eumunida australis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cava Orgiano, San Feliciano Hill

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