Family Eucalliacidae Manning and Felder 1991 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eucalliacidae

Alternative spelling: Eucalliacinae

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

See also Beschin and de Angeli 2012 and Charbonnier et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Anacalliacidae, Axiidae, Axioidea, Callianassidae, Callianassoidea, Callianideidae, Callianopsidae, Callichiridae, Ctenochelidae, Mesostylus, Micheleidae, Paracalliacidae, Psammionassa, Strahlaxiidae

Subtaxa: Bolcacalliax Calliax Calliaxina Eucalliax Eucalliaxiopsis

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Type: Eucalliax

Ecology: infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (4 collections)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of Italy (4), Japan (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (8), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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