Probeebeidae

Probeebeidae Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous (Albian)-Present [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Jurassic origin [1]
Probeebei mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Paguroidea
Family:	Probeebeidae Boone, 1926
Type genus
Probeebei [2] Boone, 1926
Other genera
See text

The Probeebeidae are a family of marine hermit crabs with fossils dating back to the Albian stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch. ^[1] The family is thought to have originated somewhere in the Late Jurassic. ^[1]

Genera

Probeebeidae contains three genera (two extant, one extinct). ^[2]

• † Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023
• Probeebei Boone, 1926 (type)
• Tylaspis Henderson, 1885

References

1. Fraaije, René H.B.; Mychko, Eduard V.; Barsukov, Leonid S.; Jagt, John W.M. (February 2024). "A new mid-Cretaceous hermit crab (Crustacea, Anomura) from Central Russia sheds new light on paguroid evolution" . Cretaceous Research. 154 105749. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105749 . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
2. De Grave, Sammy (2020). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Probeebeidae Boone, 1926". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 20 August 2025.