Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae
Full reference: G. Schweigert, R. Fraaije, P. Havlik and A. Nützel. 2013. New Early Jurassic hermit crabs from Germany and France. Journal of Crustacean Biology 33:802-817
Belongs to Orhomalus according to G. Schweigert et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Orhomalus araricus, Orhomalus astartinus, Orhomalus corallinus, Orhomalus deformis, Orhomalus deslongchampsi, Orhomalus dubrullei, Orhomalus jaccardi, Orhomalus macrochirus, Orhomalus magnificus, Orhomalus medericki, Orhomalus oppeli, Orhomalus oxfordensis, Orhomalus pidauceti, Orhomalus portlandicus, Orhomalus rotulensis, Orhomalus spinosus, Orhomalus thierachensis, Orhomalus tombecki, Orhomalus verrucosus, Orhomalus virgulinus
Type specimen: BSPG 2009 XXI 154, a claw (right chela). Its type locality is Bed 8 (ex situ), Pölling, near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, which is in a Toarcian marine claystone in the Opalinuston Formation of Germany.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Bed 8 (ex situ), Pölling, near Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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