Porcellana ocellata Stimpson 1862 (decapod)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Full reference: W. Stimpson. 1862. Notes on North American Crustacea. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 7(1):49-93
Belongs to Porcellana according to W. Stimpson 1862
See also Osawa and McLaughlin 2010
Sister taxa: Porcellana elegans, Porcellana sayana, Porcellana thomasi
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at St. Thomas (Quaternary of Virgin Islands)
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