Microchela

Microchela is an extinct genus of prawn, which contains a single species Microchela rostrata.[1]

Microchela rostrata
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Dendrobranchiata
Family:
Penaeidae
Genus:
Microchela

Garassino, 1994
Species:
M. rostrata
Binomial name
Microchela rostrata
Garassino, 1994

References
  1. Giuseppina Damiano; Alessandro Garassino; Stefano Scali; Giorgio Teruzzi (2003). "Morphometric analysis of extant Nephrops norvegicus (Linné, 1758) and Solenocera membranacea (Risso, 1826) applied to systematic palaeontology of fossil decapod crustaceans". Contributions to Zoology. 72 (2/3).


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