Lobogalenopsis joei Ferratges et al. 2020 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: F. A. Ferratges, S. Zamora, and M. Aurell. 2020. Systematics and distribution of decapod crustaceans associated with late Eocene coral buildups from the southern Pyrenees (Spain). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 296:79-100

Belongs to Lobogalenopsis according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Lobogalenopsis quadrilobata, Lobogalenopsis quadrilobatus

Type specimen: MPZ 2019/1721. Its type locality is La Peña buildup, branching coral facies, which is in a Priabonian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Arguis Formation of Spain.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Peña buildup, branching coral facies

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