Parapylocheles scorpio is a species of hermit crab in the family Pylochelidae.[2] It lives at depths from 200 to 925 meters in the Indo-West Pacific, in Indonesia and the Philippines, although it may live in water as shallow as 100 meters, in wood fragments, tusk shells, and pieces of bamboo.[3] It is the only member of the genus Parapylocheles.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Pylochelidae |
| Genus: | Parapylocheles Alcock, 1901 |
| Species: | P. scorpio
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| Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894)[1]
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References
edit- ^ Alcock, A. (1894). "XXV.— Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., Commanding .—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91 ( continued )". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (75): 225–245. doi:10.1080/00222939408677694.
- ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ "Parapylocheles scorpio". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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