Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs.[1][2] The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.[2]
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| Outline dorsal view of the body of Porcellanopagurus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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Description
editPorcellanopagurus 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
editPorcellanopagurus contains the following species:[1]
- 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
edit- ^ a b DecaNet (2023). "Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1985". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1885". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy A. & 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
edit- 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.