Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann and M. T. Wilson. 1988. Eocene decapod crustaceans from Antartica. Geological Society of America, Memoir 169 465-488
Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann et al. 2003 and Feldmann and Wilson 1988
Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa costaricana, Calappa depressa, Calappa earlei, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, Calappa granulatus, Calappa heberti, Calappa hepatica, Calappa japonica, Calappa lanensis, Calappa laraensis, Calappa lienharti, Calappa lophos, Calappa madoerensis, Calappa matzkei, Calappa nitida, Calappa oboui, Calappa ocalanus, Calappa pavimenta, Calappa philargius, Calappa praelata, Calappa protopustulosa, Calappa pustulosa, Calappa restricta, Calappa robertsi, Calappa sahelensis, Calappa sangiranensis, Calappa sexaspinosa, Calappa springeri, Calappa zurcheri
Type specimen: USNM 404877
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at S28, Seymour Island (Eocene of Antarctica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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