Parapaguridae
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| Parapagurus pilosimanus | |
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| Family: | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 [1]
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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.[2] Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus and Tylaspis, do not inhabit shells.[3] The following genera are included:[4]
- Bivalvopagurus Lemaitre, 1993
- Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Parapagurus Smith, 1879
- Probeebei Boone, 1926
- Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989
- Sympagurus Smith, 1883
- Tsunogaipagurus Osawa, 1995
- Tylaspis Henderson, 1885
- 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.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZWnuGc0xlMC&pg=PA279#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
Data related to Parapaguridae at Wikispecies
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