Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1980. New Cretaceous and Tertiary crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(6):171-192
Belongs to Homolopsis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Glaessner 1980
Sister taxa: Homolopsis atlantica, Homolopsis chilensis, Homolopsis edwardsii, Homolopsis gibbosa, Homolopsis glabra, Homolopsis hachiyai, Homolopsis japonicus, Homolopsis tuberculata, Homolopsis williamsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Melville Island, Bathurst Island Formation, which is in a Cenomanian marine claystone in the Bathurst Island Formation of Australia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Melville Island, Bathurst Island Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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