Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae
Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije and S. Polkowsky. 2016. Dardanus colosseus, a new paguroid from the Eocene of Austria preserved in its host gastropod shell. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 279:57-62
Belongs to Dardanus according to R. H. B. Fraaije and S. Polkowsky 2016
Sister taxa: Dardanus arnoldi, Dardanus arrosor, Dardanus australis, Dardanus balaitus, Dardanus bayani, Dardanus biordines, Dardanus braggensis, Dardanus crassimanus, Dardanus curtimanus, Dardanus deformis, Dardanus faxensis, Dardanus gemmatus, Dardanus helleri, Dardanus hungaricus, Dardanus impressus, Dardanus lauensis, Dardanus mediterraneus, Dardanus megistos, Dardanus mexicanus, Dardanus muelleri, Dardanus pedunculatus, Dardanus portmorantensis, Dardanus setifer, Dardanus squamatus, Dardanus substriatus, Dardanus suessi
Type specimen: MAB k.3388. Its type locality is Waschberg Zone, which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Austria.
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Waschberg Zone
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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