Parapaguridae
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| Illustration of Parapagurus pilosimanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
| Family: | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 |
The Parapaguridae are a family of marine hermit crabs from deep waters. Instead of carrying empty gastropod shells like other hermit crabs, they carry colonies of dozen or more sea anemones or zoanthids. Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus, do not inhabit shells. The following genera are included:
- Bivalvopagurus Lemaitre, 1993
- Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Parapagurus Smith, 1879
- Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989
- Sympagurus Smith, 1883
- Tsunogaipagurus Osawa, 1995
- Typhlopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1972
References
- ↑ J. W. Martin & G. E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132 pp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ↑ Poore, Gary C. B. (2004). Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia: A Guide To Identification. Csiro Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 9780643069060.
- ↑ Patsy A. McLaughlin & Rafael Lemaitre (1997). "Carcinization in the Anomura – fact or fiction? I. Evidence from adult morphology". Contributions to Zoology. 67 (2): 79–123. doi:10.1163/18759866-06702001.
- ↑ Patsy McLaughlin & Michael Türkay (2011). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Parapaguridae". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
External links
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