Lessiniamathia Ceccon and De Angeli 2018 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Full reference: L. Ceccon and A. De Angeli. 2018. Lessiniamathia bolcense n. gen., n. sp., nuovo crostaceo Epialtidae dell’Eocene inferiore dei Monti Lessini orientali (Verona, Italia nordorientale). Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali 43:147-154

Parent taxon: Pisinae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Ceccon and De Angeli 2018

Sister taxa: Chorilia, Eoparanaxia, Grolamaia, Herbstia, Hyastenus, Libinia, Loxorynchus, Pisa, Pisoides, Planobranchia, Rochinia, Scyra, Scyramathia, Tylocarcinus

Subtaxa: Lessiniamathia bolcense

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Type: Lessiniamathia bolcense

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rama di Bolca (Eocene of Italy)

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