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First Pliocene decapod crustacean (Malacostraca: Palinuridae) from the Antarctic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2004

Rodney M. Feldmann  and
Patrick G. Quilty
Rodney M. Feldmann
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA
Patrick G. Quilty
Affiliation:
Australian Antarctic Division, Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia 7050
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Abstract

A single specimen of palinurid lobster, possibly Linuparus, from Pliocene rocks on Marine Plain, Princess Elizabeth Land, documents the only post-Miocene occurrence of decapod crustaceans in the Antarctic. The badly crushed, partial remains, probably an exuvia, are encrusted with the serpulid worm, Spirorbis Daudin.

Keywords

AntarcticaLinuparusDecapodaPalinuroideaPlioceneserpulid
Type
Papers—Earth Sciences and Glaciology
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 56 - 60
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1997

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