Paralithodes bishuensis
| Paralithodes bishuensis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Lithodidae |
| Genus: | Paralithodes |
| Species: | †P. bishuensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paralithodes bishuensis Karasawa & Ando in Karasawa, Mizuno, Hachiya & Ando, 2017[1] | |
Paralithodes bishuensis is an extinct species of king crab that lived in Japan during the Early Miocene.[1][2]
Taxonomy
Paralithodes bishuensis was described in 2017 by paleontologists Hiroaki Karasawa and Yusuke Ando from a juvenile fossil in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[3] It represented the first Paralithodes fossil.[4]
References
- ^ a b Karasawa et al. 2017, p. 47.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy (7 February 2023). "Paralithodes bishuensis Karasawa & Ando in Karasawa, Mizuno, Hachiya & Ando, 2017 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ Karasawa et al. 2017, pp. 47, 50.
- ^ Karasawa et al. 2017, p. 52.
Works cited
- Karasawa, Hiroaki; Mizuno, Yoshiaki; Hachiya, Kiichiro; Ando, Yusuke (March 2017). "Reappraisal of anomuran and brachyuran decapods from the lower Miocene Morozaki Group, Japan, collected by the Tokai Fossil Society" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum (43): 47–69. ISSN 0385-0900. Retrieved 5 December 2024 – via the Mizunami Fossil Museum.
