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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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