Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Full reference: H. Karasawa and S. Kishimoto. 1996. Two new species of decapod crustaceans from the middle Miocene Katsuta Group, Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 23:35-37

Belongs to Philyra according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Karasawa and Kishimoto 1996

Sister taxa: Philyra acutidens, Philyra alveola, Philyra collinsi, Philyra cranium, Philyra ferrica, Philyra granulosa, Philyra hayasakai, Philyra hormozganensis, Philyra nishimotoi, Philyra olivacea, Philyra orbicularis, Philyra plana, Philyra scabriuscula, Philyra shihcheni, Philyra syndactyla, Philyra tanakai, Philyra tridentata, Philyra trusanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Katsuta Group, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Japan

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Katsuta Group

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