Homolopsis spinulosa Glaessner 1980 (crab)

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

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