†Mursilia ecristata Rathbun 1918 (box crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184
Belongs to Mursilia according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Rathbun 1918 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 135219, a claw. Its type locality is Station 18, Gatun beds (Hill collection), which is in a Tortonian marine siliciclastic in the Gatun Formation of Panama.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Station 18, Gatun beds (Hill collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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