Electrolana Schädel et al. 2021 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda

Full reference: M. Schädel, M. Hyžný, and J. T. Haug. 2021. Ontogenetic development captured in amber - the first record of aquatic representatives of Isopoda in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Nauplius 29(e2021003)

Parent taxon: Cymothoida according to M. Schädel et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Cirolanoidea, Cymothoidae, Dysopodus, Epicaridea, Gelrincola, Pseudoplakolana

Subtaxa: Electrolana madelineae

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Type: Electrolana madelineae

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber (NHMW collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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