Porcellanopagurus
| Porcellanopagurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Paguridae |
| Genus: | Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1885 |
| Type species | |
| Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885
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Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, containing the following species:[1]
- McLaughlin & Hogarth, 1998
- Suzuki & Takeda, 1987
- de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000
- Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885
- de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000
- Zarenkov, 1990
- McLaughlin, 2000
- McLaughlin, 1997
- Balss, 1913
- Takeda, 1985
- Lenz, 1902
- Whitelegge, 1900
- Takeda, 1981
Porcellanopagurus is unusual among hermit crabs in that the body is largely symmetrical, with the abdomen held recurved above the cephalothorax. L. A. Borradaile interpreted Porcellanopagurus as being an independent instance of carcinisation among the Anomura.[2]
References[]
- ^ Patsy McLaughlin (2010). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1985". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2011-10-25. PDF
Further reading[]
- Jacques Forest (1951). "Contribution a l'étude du genre Porcellanopagurus Filhol (Paguridae). 1. Description de P. edwardsi Filhol". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 23 (1): 82–90.
Categories:
- Hermit crabs
- Taxa named by Henri Filhol