Blepharipoda brucei Rathbun 1926 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Blepharipodidae

Alternative combination: Pagurus brucei

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1926. The fossil stalk-eyed Crustacea of the Pacific slope of North America. United States National Museum Bulletin 138:1-155

Belongs to Blepharipoda according to M. J. Rathbun 1926

See also Boyko 2002

Sister taxa: Blepharipoda doelloi, Blepharipoda liberata, Blepharipoda occidentalis, Blepharipoda scabra, Blepharipoda spinosa

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sea cliffs between Classens Wharf and the ship canal estuary, Townsend Bay (Oligocene of Washington)

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