Munida casadioi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Munididae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2000. First notice of the Chirostylidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and new Tertiary Galatheidae (Decapoda) from the Americas. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (27)147-165

Belongs to Munida according to S. Casadio et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Munida asprosoma, Munida branti, Munida chydaea, Munida deangelii, Munida endeavourae, Munida gregaria, Munida haswelli, Munida isos, Munida kapala, Munida konara, Munida nishioi, Munida ogaensis, Munida quadroblonga, Munida rogeri, Munida rubridigitalis, Munida rugosus, Munida spinicruris, Munida witteae

Type specimen: GHUNLPam 16832

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Left bank of Rio Foyel (Miocene of Argentina)

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