Hispanigalathea raymondcaseyi, a new squat lobster (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheoidea) from the Gault (Albian) of Folkestone, England. Issue 3 (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Bakel, Barry W.M.; Fraaije, René H.B.; Jagt, John W.M.; Simpson, Martin I.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Volume 131:Issue 3/4(2020)
• Page Start: 383
• Page End: 385
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: Anomura -- Mid-Cretaceous -- Europe -- Reef settings; Geology -- Periodicals; 550
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2020.03.010
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0016-7878

Abstract

Abstract: A new species of galatheoid from the upper Albian (Gault Clay Formation) of Folkestone, Kent (England) described herein, represents the first squat lobster on record from the highly fossiliferous Gault strata in the Anglo-Paris Basin. Normally, squat lobsters are commoner in reef settings of this age. The new species is assigned to the genus Hispanigalathea Klompmaker et al., 2012, which was so far known only from Albian–Cenomanian reef deposits of Navarra, northern Spain.