Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichopeltariidae
Alternative combination: Trachycarcinus huziokai
Full reference: R. Imaizumi. 1951. Trachycarcinus huziokai n. sp. from Yamagata Prefecture. Short Papers from the Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University, Sendai 3:33-40
Belongs to Trichopeltarion according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Imaizumi 1951 and Karasawa 1993
Sister taxa: Trichopeltarion berglundorum, Trichopeltarion decorus, Trichopeltarion frassinetti, Trichopeltarion granulosa, Trichopeltarion greggi, Trichopeltarion inflatus, Trichopeltarion levis, Trichopeltarion merrinae, Trachycarcinus coralinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is IGPS Yt-1, southern stream cliff of the Yoko-gawa, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine siliciclastic in Japan
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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