Panopeus muelleri Gatt and de Angeli 2010 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Full reference: M. Gatt and A. de Angeli. 2010. A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (central Mediterranean). Palaeontology 53(6):1315-1348

Belongs to Panopeus according to Gatt and De Angeli 2010

Sister taxa: Panopaeus vincentinus, Panopeus affinis, Panopeus angustifrons, Panopeus antepurpureus, Panopeus areolatus, Panopeus baldwini, Panopeus baldwinidup, Panopeus bericus, Panopeus bermudensis, Panopeus bessmanni, Panopeus bolcensis, Panopeus capanemaensis, Panopeus chilensis, Panopeus crenatus, Panopeus dissimilis, Panopeus estellensis, Panopeus granulineatus, Panopeus harrisii, Panopeus harttii, Panopeus hemphillii, Panopeus herbstii, Panopeus incisus, Panopeus jerseyensis, Panopeus kempi, Panopeus lauensis, Panopeus limosus, Panopeus nanus, Panopeus occidentalis, Panopeus olearis, Panopeus olearisdup, Panopeus ovatus, Panopeus packardii, Panopeus parvulus, Panopeus paucicarinatus, Panopeus piramidensis, Panopeus planissimus, Panopeus planus, Panopeus postalensis, Panopeus prosakrolophos, Panopeus rugosus, Panopeus sayi, Panopeus serratus, Panopeus soledadensis, Panopeus texanus, Panopeus torus, Panopeus transversus, Panopeus tridentatus, Panopeus validus, Panopeus veintensis, Panopeus viai, Panopeus wronai, Panopeus wurdemannii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Golden Bay, which is in a Messinian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Upper Coralline Limestone Formation of Malta

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Golden Bay

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