Calliax whiteavesi Woodward 1896 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Alternative combination: Callianassa whiteavesii

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1896. On some Podophthalmatous Crustacea from the Cretaceous Formation of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 52:221-228

Belongs to Calliax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Calliax lobata, Calliax punica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Comox River (Newcombe collection), which is in a Santonian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in Canada

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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