Pachycheles stevensii Stimpson 1858 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae

Belongs to Pachycheles according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Pachycheles cristatus, Pachycheles dorsosulcatus, Pachycheles granti, Pachycheles latus, Pachycheles multituberculatus, Pachycheles riisei, Pachycheles semiornatus, Pisosoma riisei

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Contact Cut, reef stage 2, back-reef (Pliocene to Pliocene of Costa Rica)

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