Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae
Alternative combination: Callianassa faujasi
Belongs to Protocallianassa according to I. Dieni 2010
See also Feldmann et al. 2003, Feldmann and Wilson 1988, Mourik et al. 2005, Schweitzer et al. 2009 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Protocallianassa antiqua, Protocallianassa archiaci, Protocallianassa australica, Protocallianassa bohemica, Protocallianassa brevis, Protocallianassa caucasica, Protocallianassa cenomanensis, Protocallianassa cliffwoodensis, Protocallianassa elongata, Protocallianassa gracilis, Protocallianassa klofi, Protocallianassa mortoni, Protocallianassa patagonica, Protocallianassa pilsbryi, Protocallianassa pleuralum, Protocallianassa praecepta, Protocallianassa russelli, Protocallianassa saetosa, Protocallianassa sarysuensis, Protocallianassa tourtiae
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Italy (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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