Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92
Belongs to Philyra according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Philyra acutidens, Philyra alveola, Philyra collinsi, Philyra cranium, Philyra ferrica, Philyra granulosa, Philyra hayasakai, Philyra hormozganensis, Philyra miyamotoi, Philyra nishimotoi, Philyra olivacea, Philyra orbicularis, Philyra plana, Philyra scabriuscula, Philyra shihcheni, Philyra syndactyla, Philyra tridentata, Philyra trusanensis
Type specimen: MFM142001, a carapace. Its type locality is KKG-1, Hongohigashi, which is in a Gelasian marine sandstone in the Dainichi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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