Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae
Synonym: Xanthosia elegans Secretan 1964 [replaced name]
Full reference: S. Secrétan. 1982. Xanthosia robertsi, Crustacé Décapode du Crétacé de Madagascar: Nouveau nom et nouvelles hypothèses sur son origine. Geobios 15:927-933
Belongs to Eriosachila according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2012
See also Secretan 1964 and Secrétan 1982
Sister taxa: Eriosachila bajaensis, Eriosachila bartholomaeensis, Eriosachila cubensis, Eriosachila cuvillieri, Eriosachila orri, Eriosachila petiti, Eriosachila rathbunae, Eriosachila rossi, Eriosachila terryi
Subtaxa: Xanthosia elegans occidentalis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Delaware, New Jersey, South Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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