Ethusa popognensis De Angeli et al. 2009 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae

Full reference: A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, and G. Pasini. 2009. New reports of anomurans and brachyurans from the Cenozoic of Tuscany (Italy). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 150(2):163-196

Belongs to Ethusa according to A. De Angeli et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Ethusa berica, Ethusa chibai, Ethusa evae, Ethusa mascarone, Ethusa octospinosa

Type specimen: GPDG 0072, a carapace. Its type locality is Rio Popogna, which is in a Messinian marine claystone in Italy.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio Popogna

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