Microchela

Microchela
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Dendrobranchiata
Family: Penaeidae
Genus:
Garassino, 1994
Species:
M. rostrata
Binomial name
Microchela rostrata
Garassino, 1994

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

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).