Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae
Full reference: A. De Angeli, A. Garassino, and L. Ceccon. 2010. New report of the coral-associated decapods from the “Formazione di Castelgomberto” (early Oligocene) (Vicenza, NE Italy). Atti Soc. it. Sci. nat. Museo civ. Stor. nat. Milano 151(II):145-177
Belongs to Brachynotus according to De Angeli et al. 2010
See also Beschin et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Brachynotus corallinus, Brachynotus februarius, Brachynotus sexdentatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Valmarana, Oligocene, which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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