Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Alternative combinations: Homola brevis, Metahomola brevis
Full reference: H. Collins, Y. Kanie, and H. Karasawa. 1993. Late Cretaceous crabs from Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Paleontological Society of Japan, N.S. 172:292-310
Belongs to Latheticocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Collins et al. 1993 and Schweitzer 2001
Sister taxa: Latheticocarcinus adelphinus, Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus atlanticus, Latheticocarcinus brightoni, Latheticocarcinus centurialis, Latheticocarcinus declinatus, Latheticocarcinus dispar, Latheticocarcinus italicus, Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni, Latheticocarcinus pikeae, Latheticocarcinus punctatus, Latheticocarcinus schlueteri, Latheticocarcinus shapiroi, Latheticocarcinus spinigus, Latheticocarcinus transiens
Type specimen: YCM-GP854. Its type locality is YEZ-7, junction of Kanajirisawa and Obirashibe-gawa, which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in the Saku Formation of Japan.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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