Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae
Full reference: Á Ósso, B. W. M. Bakel, P. Artal, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, F. Sanchez-Beristain, and T. Bover-Arnal. 2023. An Aptian sponge-associated decapod crustacean assemblage from Cal Cassanyes (Catalonia, north-east Iberian Peninsula): Taxonomy and palaeoecological implications. Cretaceous Research 154(105750):1-32
Belongs to Necrocarcinus according to Á. Ósso et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Necrocarcinus bodrakensis, Necrocarcinus gorbenkoi, Necrocarcinus hodgesi, Necrocarcinus inornatus, Necrocarcinus labeschii, Necrocarcinus minutus, Necrocarcinus oklahomensis, Necrocarcinus pawpawensis, Necrocarcinus pierrensis, Necrocarcinus rathbunae, Necrocarcinus senonensis, Necrocarcinus tauricus, Necrocarcinus undecimtuberculatus
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Cal Cassanyes (Cretaceous of Spain)
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