Malacostraca - Decapoda - Goneplacidae
Alternative combination: Ommatocarcinus arenicola
Full reference: M. F. Glaessner. 1960. The fossil decapod Crustacea of New Zealand and the evolution of the Order Decapoda. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 31:1-79
Belongs to Goneplax according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Feldmann and Keys 1992, Glaessner 1960 and Jenkins 1975
Sister taxa: Goneplax carnuntinus, Goneplax impressa, Goneplax rhomboides, Goneplax sacci
Type specimen: NZGS DC 155, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mt. Brown, Waipara River, which is in an Otaian/Waiauan marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mt. Brown, Waipara River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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