Biology:Porcellanopagurus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Porcellanopagurus
Porcellanopagurus.jpg
Outline dorsal view of the body of Porcellanopagurus sp.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Porcellanopagurus
Filhol, 1885
Type species
Porcellanopagurus edwardsi
Filhol, 1885

Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs.[1][2] The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]

Description

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.[3]

Species

Porcellanopagurus contains the following species:[1]

References

Further reading

  • Forest, Jacques (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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3933518 entry