Biology:Hakelocaris

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Hakelocaris
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Penaeidae - Hakelocaris vavassorii.JPG
Hakelocaris vavassorii from Lebanon
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus: Hakelocaris
Species:
H. vavassorii
Binomial name
Hakelocaris vavassorii
Garassino, 1994

Hakelocaris vavassorii is an extinct species of prawn belonging to the family Penaeidae. It was named in 1994 by Alessandro Garassino, and is the only species in the genus Hakelocaris.[1]

These prawns lived during the Cenomanian age.[1] Fossils have been found in fossiliferous marine outcrops in Hjoula and Mayfouq Lebanon.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5640427 entry