†Leucosilia bananensis Rathbun 1918 (crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184
Belongs to Leucosilia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Rathbun 1918
Sister taxa: Leucosilia jurinei, Leucosilia jurinii
Type specimen: USNM 324232, a claw. Its type locality is USGS 5882h, Rio Banano, which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5 collections), Panama (3)
• Miocene of Panama (3)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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