Ctenocheles pectiniformis Böhm 1891 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae

Alternative combinations: Ischnodactylus pectiniformis, Oncopareia pectiniformis

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Belongs to Ctenocheles according to D. M. Tshudy et al. 2022

See also Böhm 1891 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Ctenocheles anderseni, Ctenocheles balsii, Ctenocheles chattiensis, Ctenocheles collini, Ctenocheles cookei, Ctenocheles cultellus, Ctenocheles fabianii, Ctenocheles falciformis, Ctenocheles hokoensis, Ctenocheles inaequidens, Ctenocheles madagascariensis, Ctenocheles maorianus, Ctenocheles ornatus, Ctenocheles possagnoensis, Ctenocheles rupeliensis, Ctenocheles secretanae, Ctenocheles sereaensis, Ctenocheles sujakui, Ctenocheles valdellae, Ctenocheles victor

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben

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