Palaeotrichia Guinot 1976 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae

Parent taxon: Trichopeltariidae according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Alberticarcinus, Levicyclus, Podocatactes, Trichopeltarion

Subtaxa: Palaeotrichia laevis Palaeotrichia multispinata

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Type: Psammocarcinus multispinatus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeotrichia in the database

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