Pilgrimcheles karolinae Fraaije et al. 2014 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilgrimchelidae

Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, W. Krzemiński, B. W. M. Van Bakel, E. Krzemińska, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2014. New Late Jurassic symmetrical hermit crabs from the southern Polish Uplands and early paguroid diversification. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59:681-688

Belongs to Pilgrimcheles according to R. H. B. Fraaije et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: I−F/MP/3953/1533/08. Its type locality is Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in Poland.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Quenstedtoceras mariae Zone

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