Homarus fami Garassino et al. 2021 (clawed lobster)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Nephropidae

Full reference: A. Garassino, G. Pasini, T. Nyborg, and J. W. Haggart. 2021. Report of new lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Haida Gwaii Archipelago, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 301(2):201-216

Belongs to Homarus according to A. Garassino et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Homarus americanus, Homarus brittonestris, Homarus davisi, Homarus gammarus, Homarus lehmanni, Homarus mickelsoni, Homarus morrisi, Homarus neptunianus, Homarus percyi, Homarus travisensis, Homarus vulgaris

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at GSC Loc. V-016961, Maple Island (Cretaceous of British Columbia)

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