Eriosachila cubensis Varela and Rojas-Consuegra 2011 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Full reference: C. Varela and R. Rojas-Consuegra. 2011. Especie nueva de Eriosachila Blow y Manning, 1996, (Crustacea: Decapoda), de la Formacion, Colon, Cuba. Novitates Caribaea 4:17-20

Belongs to Eriosachila according to J. Luque et al. 2017

See also Varela and Rojas-Consuegra 2011

Sister taxa: Eriosachila bajaensis, Eriosachila bartholomaeensis, Eriosachila cuvillieri, Eriosachila orri, Eriosachila petiti, Eriosachila rathbunae, Eriosachila robertsi, Eriosachila rossi, Eriosachila terryi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jagüey Grande, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Colón Formation of Cuba

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jagüey Grande

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