Loerenthopluma danielae van Bakel et al. 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije and J. W. M. Jagt. 2010. Loerenthopluma danielae, A new crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Retroplumidae) from the Lower Eocene of Northwest Belgium. Studies on Brachyura 41-49

Belongs to Loerenthopluma according to B. W. M. van Bakel et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Loerenthopluma lata

Type specimen: MAB k.2550 . Its type locality is Ampe sand and clay pit, which is in a Paleogene marginal marine siliciclastic in Belgium.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ampe sand and clay pit

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