Blepharipoda (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Blepharipodidae

Parent taxon: Blepharipodidae according to C. B. Boyko 2002

See also Rathbun 1926 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Lophomastix

Subtaxa: Blepharipoda brucei Blepharipoda doelloi Blepharipoda liberata Blepharipoda occidentalis Blepharipoda scabra Blepharipoda spinosa

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sea cliffs between Classens Wharf and the ship canal estuary, Townsend Bay (Oligocene of Washington)

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