Politohepatiscus Beschin et al. 2018 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Full reference: C. Beschin, A. Busulini, E. Fomaciari, C. A. Papazzoni, and G. Tessier. 2018. La fauna di crostacei associati a coralli dell'Eocene Superiore di Campolongo di Val Liona (Monti Berici, Vicenz, Italia nordorientale). Bolletino del Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia 69:129-215

Parent taxon: Aethridae according to D. Lima et al. 2023

See also Beschin et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Actaeomorpha, Aethra, Drachiella, Eohepatella, Eriosachila, Hepatella, Hepatiscus, Hepatus, Ilerdapatiscus, Latuxanthides, Mainhepatiscus, Miohepatus, Osachila, Priabonella, Sakaila

Subtaxa: Politohepatiscus zorzini

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Campolongo di Val Liona (Eocene of Italy)

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