Paguridae

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Paguridae
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Pagurus bernhardus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Paguridae
Latreille, 1802

The Paguridae are a family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. The king crabs, Lithodidae, are now widely understood to be derived from deep within the Paguridae, with some authors placing their ancestors within the genus Pagurus. [1] [ needs update ]

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List

This family contains the following genera: [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Cunningham, C. W.; Blackstone, N. W.; Buss, L. W. (1992). "Evolution of king crabs from hermit crab ancestors" . Nature. 355 (6360): 539–542. Bibcode:1992Natur.355..539C. doi:10.1038/355539a0. PMID   1741031. S2CID   4257029.
  2. ↑ Patsy A. McLaughlin; Tomoyuki Komai; Rafael Lemaitre & Dwi Listyo Rahayu (2010). Martyn E. Y. Low & S. H. Tan (eds.). "Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 5–107. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-02 – via the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
  3. ↑ Patsy McLaughlin, Daphne Cuvelier, Michael Türkay (2009). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Paguridae". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ↑ Rafael Lemaitre & Darryl L. Felder (2011). "A new genus of Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) for a new species from the tropical eastern Pacific and Pagurus longimanus Wass, 1963 from the tropical western Atlantic" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3125: 39–50.


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