Neocallichirus okamotoi Karasawa 1993 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae

Alternative combination: Calliax okamotoi

Full reference: H. Karasawa. 1993. Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (20)1-92

Belongs to Neocallichirus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Karasawa 1993

Sister taxa: Neocallichirus aetodes, Neocallichirus agadirensis, Neocallichirus allegranzii, Neocallichirus angelikae, Neocallichirus bacatus, Neocallichirus bona, Neocallichirus borensis, Neocallichirus dijki, Neocallichirus fortisi, Neocallichirus hattai, Neocallichirus horneri, Neocallichirus manningi, Neocallichirus matsoni, Neocallichirus nishikawai, Neocallichirus peraensis, Neocallichirus porterensis, Neocallichirus quisquellanus, Neocallichirus rhinos, Neocallichirus rodfeldmanni, Neocallichirus sakiae, Neocallichirus scotti, Neocallichirus vaughani, Neocallichirus wellsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nabe-jima, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Taoyama Formation of Japan

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Nabe-jima

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