Porcellanopagurus

Porcellanopagurus edwardsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Porcellanopagurus
Filhol, 1885
Type species
Porcellanopagurus edwardsi
Filhol, 1885

Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs, containing the following species:[1]

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]

Further reading

External identifiers for Porcellanopagurus
Encyclopedia of Life 2991508
NCBI 989325
WoRMS 246436

References

  1. Patsy McLaughlin (2010). P. McLaughlin, ed. "Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1985". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  2. 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. PDF
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