†Petrolisthes miocaenicus Karasawa 1993 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92
Belongs to Petrolisthes according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Petrolisthes avitus, Petrolisthes bittneri, Petrolisthes elongatus, Petrolisthes haydni, Petrolisthes lauensis, Petrolisthes lineatus, Petrolisthes magnus, Petrolisthes myakkensis, Petrolisthes striatissimus, Petrolisthes tuberculatus, Petrolisthes vicetinus, Petrolisthes violacea
Type specimen: MFM83021, a carapace
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Megami Cliff (Miocene to Miocene of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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