Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Paleomattea deliciosa | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Suborder Dendrobranchiata Rank Genus | |
Similar Mesoparapylocheles, Carpopenaeus, Sergestoidea, Sergestidae | ||
Paleomattea is an extinct genus of prawn, containing the single species Paleomattea deliciosa. The species is only known from the stomach contents of the fish Rhacolepis, which is referred to by the specific epithet deliciosa ("delicious"), and in the generic name, where mattea means "delicacy".
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