Latheticocarcinus adelphinus Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae

Alternative combinations: Eohomola adelphina, Homola adelphina

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen. 1992. Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiary crustaceans from West Greenland. Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 162:1-46

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

See also Collins and Wienberg Rasmussen 1992 and Schweitzer 2001

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

Type specimen: MGUH 21.589, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Greenland (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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