Malacostraca - Decapoda - Galatheidae
Full reference: C. Ceccon and A. De Angeli. 2012. Galathea mainensis n. sp., (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Galatheidae) Middle Eocene of Cava "Main" Arzignano (Vicenza, northern Italy). Societa Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 37:25-31
Belongs to Galathea according to C. Ceccon and A. De Angeli 2012
Sister taxa: Galathea (Acanthogalathea), Galathea affinis, Galathea antiqua, Galathea australiensis, Galathea berica, Galathea caporiondoi, Galathea cretacea, Galathea dispersa, Galathea hexacristata, Galathea keiji, Galathea keijii, Galathea lovarica, Galathea lupiae, Galathea magnifica, Galathea munidoides, Galathea sahariana, Galathea squamifera, Galathea strigifera, Galathea strigosa, Galathea subsquamata, Galathea valmaranensis, Galathea weinfurteri, Galathea whiteleggii
Type specimen: MCV11/01-I.G.327449. Its type locality is Cava Main di Arzignano, which is in a Lutetian carbonate limestone in Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Cava Main di Arzignano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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