Homolopsis hachiyai Takeda and Fujiyama 1983 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: M. Takeda and I. Fujiyama. 1983. Three Decapod Crustaceans from the Lower Cretaceous Miyako Group, Northern Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Toyoko (4)129-136

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

See also Takeda and Fujiyama 1983

Sister taxa: Homolopsis atlantica, Homolopsis chilensis, Homolopsis edwardsii, Homolopsis gibbosa, Homolopsis glabra, Homolopsis japonicus, Homolopsis spinulosa, Homolopsis tuberculata, Homolopsis williamsi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hiraiga formation of the Miyako Group (Cretaceous of Japan)

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