Galathea keijii Karasawa 1993 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

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

See also Karasawa 1993

Sister taxa: Galathea (Acanthogalathea), Galathea affinis, Galathea antiqua, Galathea australiensis, Galathea berica, Galathea caporiondoi, Galathea cretacea, Galathea dispersa, Galathea hexacristata, Galathea keiji, Galathea lovarica, Galathea lupiae, Galathea magnifica, Galathea mainensis, Galathea munidoides, Galathea sahariana, Galathea squamifera, Galathea strigifera, Galathea strigosa, Galathea subsquamata, Galathea valmaranensis, Galathea weinfurteri, Galathea whiteleggii

Type specimen: MFM83036, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Megami Cliff (Miocene to Miocene of Japan)

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