Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diaulacidae
Full reference: H. Collins, Y. Kanie, and H. Karasawa. 1993. Late Cretaceous crabs from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 172:292-310
Belongs to Diaulax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Diaulax carteriana, Diaulax feliceps, Diaulax italica, Diaulax millerae, Diaulax oweni, Diaulax rosablanca
Type specimen: MFM247,001. Its type locality is YEZ-2, Kasekizawa, which is in a Santonian marine siliciclastic in the Nigorisawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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