Lysirude hookeri Feldmann 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lyreididae

Alternative combination: Lyreidus (Lysirude) hookeri

Full reference: R. M. Feldmann. 1992. The Genus Lyreidus de Haan, 1839 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Raninidae): Systematics and Biogeography. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):943-957

Belongs to Lysirude according to B. W. M. van Bakel et al. 2012

See also Feldmann 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Karasawa et al. 2014 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Lyreidus (Lyreidus), Lyreidus antarcticus, Lyreidus bennetti, Lyreidus brevifrons, Lyreidus elegans, Lyreidus fastigatus, Lyreidus hookeri, Lyreidus hungaricus, Lyreidus lebuensis, Lyreidus rosenkrantzi, Lyreidus stenops, Lyreidus teodorii, Lyreidus teshimai, Lyreidus tridentatus, Lyreidus waitakiensis, Lysirude griffini, Lysirude nitidus, Lysirude channeri, Lysirude paronae

Type specimen: BAS IN 2397, a carapace. Its type locality is Cape Wiman, La Meseta Unit II, which is in a Lutetian coastal horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cape Wiman, La Meseta Unit II

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