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Porcellanopagurus

Genus of crustaceans

Summary

Genus of crustaceans

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

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.

Species

Porcellanopagurus contains the following species: | Porcellanopagurus adelocercus | McLaughlin & Hogarth, 1998 | Porcellanopagurus belauensis | Suzuki & Takeda, 1987 | Porcellanopagurus chiltoni | de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 | Porcellanopagurus edwardsi | Filhol, 1885 | Porcellanopagurus eldredgei | Kropp, 2014 | Porcellanopagurus filholi | de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 | Porcellanopagurus foresti | Zarenkov, 1990 | Porcellanopagurus haptodactylus | McLaughlin, 2000 | Porcellanopagurus jacquesi | McLaughlin, 1997 | Porcellanopagurus japonicus | Balss, 1913 | Porcellanopagurus nihonkaiensis | Takeda, 1985 | Porcellanopagurus platei | Lenz, 1902 | Porcellanopagurus tridentatus | Whitelegge, 1900 | Porcellanopagurus truncatifrons | Takeda, 1981

References

References

  1. (1997). "Carcinization in the anomura – fact or fiction? I. Evidence from adult morphology". [[Contributions to Zoology]].
  2. DecaNet. (2023). "''Porcellanopagurus'' Filhol, 1985".
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