Paralithodes bishuensis Karasawa et al. 2017 (king crab)
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Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithodidae
Full reference: H. Karasawa, Y. Mizuno, K. Hachiya and Y. Ando. 2017. Reappraisal of anomuran and brachyuran decapods from the lower Miocene Morozaki Group, Japan, collected by the Tokai Fossil Society. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 43:47-69
Belongs to Paralithodes according to H. Karasawa et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MFM83077, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Ozagahama Cliff, which is in a Miocene marine mudstone in the Toyohama Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ozagahama Cliff
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