Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Full reference: A. de Angeli and A. Garassino. 2002. Galatheid, chirostylid and porcellanid decapods (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the Eocene and Oligocene of Vicenza (N Italy). Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 30(3):1-40
Belongs to Galathea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also De Angeli and Beschin 2008 and de Angeli and Garassino 2002
Sister taxa: Galathea (Acanthogalathea), Galathea affinis, Galathea antiqua, Galathea australiensis, Galathea berica, Galathea caporiondoi, Galathea cretacea, Galathea dispersa, Galathea hexacristata, Galathea keiji, Galathea keijii, Galathea lovarica, Galathea lupiae, Galathea magnifica, Galathea mainensis, Galathea munidoides, Galathea sahariana, Galathea squamifera, Galathea strigifera, Galathea strigosa, Galathea subsquamata, Galathea weinfurteri, Galathea whiteleggii
Type specimen: MCZ 2228, a carapace. Its type locality is Valmarana, which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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