Munida branti Nyborg and Garassino 2015 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Full reference: T. Nyborg and A. Garassino. 2015. New fossil squat lobsters (Crustacea: Anomura: Munididae) from the Eastern Pacific. Palaeodiversity 8:95-101

Belongs to Munida according to T. Nyborg and A. Garassino 2015

Sister taxa: Munida asprosoma, Munida casadioi, Munida chydaea, Munida deangelii, Munida endeavourae, Munida gregaria, Munida haswelli, Munida isos, Munida kapala, Munida konara, Munida nishioi, Munida ogaensis, Munida quadroblonga, Munida rogeri, Munida rubridigitalis, Munida rugosus, Munida spinicruris, Munida witteae

Type specimen: UWBM 97167. Its type locality is Naselle, near, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in the Astoria Formation of Washington.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Naselle, near

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