Priorhyncha Alencar et al. 2018 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Solenoceridae

Full reference: D. R. Alencar, A. P. Pinheiro, A. F. Saraiva, G. R. Oliveira, and W. Santana. 2018. A new genus and species of Solenoceridae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata) from the Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) of the Araripe Sedimentary Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4527:494-500

Parent taxon: Solenoceridae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Alencar et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Archeosolenocera, Eogordonella, Haliporoides, Hymenopenaeus, Solenocera

Subtaxa: Priorhyncha feitosai

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Between Trinidade and Ipubi (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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