Homola vancouverensis Schweitzer 2001 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2001. Additions to the Tertiary decapod fauna of the Pacific Northwest of North America. Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(2):521-537

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

See also Schweitzer 2001

Sister taxa: Homola bajaensis, Homola barbata, Homola coriolisi, Homola dickinsoni, Homola eldredgei, Homola ikedai, Homola mieensis, Homola minima, Homola orientalis, Homola ranunculus, Homola spinifrons, Homola vanzoi, Homola vigil

Type specimen: USNM 508588, a carapace. Its type locality is Neah Bay, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Hoko River Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Neah Bay

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