Parapaguridae | |
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Illustration of Parapagurus pilosimanus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
Family: | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 [1] |
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 , do not inhabit shells. [3] The following genera are included: [4]