Branchioplax concinna Quayle and Collins 1981 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mathildellidae

Full reference: W. J. Quayle and J. S. H. Collins. 1981. New Eocene crabs from the Hampshire Basin. Palaeontology 24(4):733-758

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

See also Quayle and Collins 1981

Sister taxa: Branchioplax albertii, Branchioplax ballingi, Branchioplax bidentata, Branchioplax carmanahensis, Branchioplax cordata, Branchioplax parva, Branchioplax pentagonalis, Branchioplax rossii, Branchioplax sulcata, Branchioplax washingtoniana

Type specimen: BMNH In.61729, a carapace. Its type locality is Horizon J, Christchurch Bay (Quayle collection), which is in a Bartonian coastal claystone in the Becton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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