Leucosia calcarata Collins et al. 2003 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Leucosiidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, C. Lee, and J. Noad. 2003. Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak. Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1:187-226

Belongs to Leucosia according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Collins et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Leucosia anatum, Leucosia craniolaris, Leucosia longiangulata, Leucosia martini, Leucosia ovalata, Leucosia perlata, Leucosia persica, Leucosia pubescens, Leucosia serenei, Leucosia subrhomboidalis, Leucosia subrhomboidea, Leucosia taiwanica, Leucosia takamii, Leucosia tricarinata, Leucosia tutongensis

Type specimen: IC 173. Its type locality is BK75, Bekenu, which is in a Burdigalian coastal shale in the Setap Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at BK75, Bekenu

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