Lophomastix japonica Boyko 2002 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Blepharipodidae

Alternative combination: Blepharipoda japonica

Full reference: C. B. Boyko. 2002. A worldwide revision of the Recent and fossil sand crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Hippoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 272:1-272

Belongs to Lophomastix according to C. B. Boyko 2002

Sister taxa: Lophomastix altoonaensis, Lophomastix antiqua, Lophomastix boykoi, Lophomastix diomedeae, Lophomastix kellyi

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophomastix japonica in the database

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