Latheticocarcinus italicus De Angeli and Ceccon 2013 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Full reference: A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon. 2013. Latheticocarcinus italicus sp. nov. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Homolidae) dell’Eocene inferiore (Ypresiano) di Monte Magrè (Vicenza, Italia settentrionale). Lavori - Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 38:103-109

Belongs to Latheticocarcinus according to A. De Angeli and L. Ceccon 2013

Sister taxa: Latheticocarcinus adelphinus, Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus atlanticus, Latheticocarcinus brevis, Latheticocarcinus brightoni, Latheticocarcinus centurialis, Latheticocarcinus declinatus, Latheticocarcinus dispar, Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni, Latheticocarcinus pikeae, Latheticocarcinus punctatus, Latheticocarcinus schlueteri, Latheticocarcinus sergeevi, Latheticocarcinus shapiroi, Latheticocarcinus spinigus, Latheticocarcinus transiens

Type specimen: MCV12/24-I.G.360330. Its type locality is Monte Magrè, which is in a Ypresian carbonate packstone in Italy.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Magrè

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