Protomunida pentacantha Muller and Collins 1991 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

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 Protomunida according to P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins 1991

See also De Angeli and Ceccon 2012, de Angeli and Garassino 2002 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Protomunida bennickei, Protomunida eurekantha, Protomunida kambuehelensis, Protomunida munidoides, Protomunida pentaspinosa, Protomunida primaeva, Protomunida spitzbergica

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 Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4

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