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 C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acanthogalathea, Allogalathea, Austromunida, Bolcagalathea, Calteagalathea, Cretagalathea, Eomunidopsis, Galathea, Galatheinae, Gastrosacus, Lessinigalathea, Luisogalathea, Munidopsinae, Munitheites, Palaeomunida, Paramunida, Phylladiorhynchus, Raymunida, Shinkaia, Shinkaiinae, Tethysgalathea
Subtaxa: Spathagalathea minuta
Type: Spathagalathea minuta
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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