Mecochirus tuberculatus Garassino et al. 2021 (decapod)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Mecochiridae

Full reference: A. Garassino, G. Pasini, T. Nyborg and J. W. Haggart. 2021. Report of new lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Haida Gwaii Archipelago, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 301(2):201-216

Belongs to Mecochirus according to A. Garassino et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Mecochirus cenomanicus, Mecochirus chilensis, Mecochirus clypeatus, Mecochirus dubius, Mecochirus eckerti, Mecochirus foresti, Mecochirus germari, Mecochirus grandis, Mecochirus houdardi, Mecochirus leionoton, Mecochirus longimanatus, Mecochirus marwicki, Mecochirus minimus, Mecochirus olifex, Mecochirus pearcei, Mecochirus peytoni, Mecochirus robbianoi, Mecochirus rostratus, Mecochirus socialis, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus, Mecochirus tuberculatus

Ecology: infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mecochirus tuberculatus in the database

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