Malacostraca - Decapoda - Homolidae
Alternative combination: Homolopsis pikeae
Full reference: G. A. Bishop and N. A. Brannen. 1992. Homolopsis pikae, new species (Decapoda), a crab from the Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Crustacean Biology 12(2):317-323
Belongs to Latheticocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Bishop and Brannen 1992
Sister taxa: Latheticocarcinus adelphinus, Latheticocarcinus affinis, Latheticocarcinus atlanticus, Latheticocarcinus brevis, Latheticocarcinus brightoni, Latheticocarcinus centurialis, Latheticocarcinus declinatus, Latheticocarcinus dispar, Latheticocarcinus italicus, Latheticocarcinus ludvigseni, Latheticocarcinus punctatus, Latheticocarcinus schlueteri, Latheticocarcinus shapiroi, Latheticocarcinus spinigus, Latheticocarcinus transiens
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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