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
Parent taxon: Galatheidae according to A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon 2017
See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Tessier et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Bolcagalathea, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Eomunidopsis, Galathea, Galatheinae, Gastrosacus, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Munitheites, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Spathagalathea, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: Lessinigalathea regalis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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