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Paguridae

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The Paguridae are a family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. This family contains 542 species in over 70 genera:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paguridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4531	https://www.gbif.org/species/4531
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	147773	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=147773

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Paguridae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
infraorder	Anomura	Milne-Edwards 1832
superfamily	Paguroidea	Latreille 1802
family	Paguridae	Latreille 1802

Scientific Name

Paguridae

Name Published In

in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 29

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paguridae	family	belongs to Thalassinidea	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1918
Paguridae	family	belongs to Paguridea	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1926
Paguridae	family	belongs to Paguroidea	stated without evidence	Whetstone and Collins, 1982
Paguridae	family	belongs to Anomura	stated without evidence	Collins et al., 2003
Paguridae	family	belongs to Paguroidea	stated with evidence	Collins et al., 2009
Paguridae	family	belongs to Paguroidea	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010
Paguridae	family	belongs to Anomura	stated without evidence	Feldmann et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

34 (44%)

First Recorded Appearance

183 - 182 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Latreille. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième

Common Name(s)

Right-handed Hermit Crabs, Meeres-einsiedlerkrebse, Rechtshänder-einsiedlerkrebse, Eremitkräftor, Heremietkreeften, Hermit Crabs, ホンヤドカリ, Eremitkrabbor

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paguridae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pagurinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Acanthopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Agaricochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alainopaguroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alainopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alloeopagurodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anapagrides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anapagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	7.25 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Anisopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Australeremus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bathypaguropsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Boninpagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bythiopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Capsulapagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Catapaguroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Catapaguropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Catapagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cestopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chanopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cycetopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dardanus genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		40	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Decaphyllus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dentalopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diacanthurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Discorsopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elassochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enallopaguropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enallopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enneobranchus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enneopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enneophyllus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eutrichopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Forestopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glaucothoe genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniochirus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Goreopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Hachijopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Icelopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iridopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kumepagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Labidochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lithopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Manucomplanus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Michelopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Micropagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Munidopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nematopaguroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nematopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orhomalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	190 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orthopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ostraconotus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurellus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paguridium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paguriscus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paguritta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurixus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Pagurodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurodofleinia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurojacquesia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paguruncio genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeopagurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	183 Ma Early Jurassic	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parapagurodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Patagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phimochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pliopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Porcellanopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Propagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Protoniopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudopagurodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pteropagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pumilopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pusillopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pygmaeopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pylopaguridium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pylopaguropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pylopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Rhodochirus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scopaeopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Solenopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Solitariopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spathapagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiropagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tarrasopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tomopaguroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tomopaguropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tomopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turleania genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xylopagurus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gammarolithes corallinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1802	Pagurii Latreille p. 29
1918	Paguridae Rathbun p. 153
1926	Paguridae Rathbun p. 101
1982	Paguridae Whetstone and Collins p. 1219
1992	Paguridae Feldmann and Keys p. 9
2003	Paguridae Collins et al. p. 198
2009	Paguridae Collins et al. p. 91
2010	Paguridae Schweitzer et al.
2017	Paguridae Luque et al. p. 40
2019	Paguridae Feldmann et al.

References

Latreille P. A. , Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes, Tome Troisième, 1-467

Rathbun M. J. (1918) Decapod Crustaceans from the Panama Region, Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum, 123-184

Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155

Whetstone K. N., Collins J. S. H. (1982) Fossil Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation of Alabama, Journal of Paleontology 56 5, 1218-1222

Feldmann R. M., Keys I. W. (1992) Systematic and stratigraphic review with catalogue and locality index of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic decapod Crustacea of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Record 45, 1-73

Collins J. S. H., Lee C., et al (2003) Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak, Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1, 187-226

Collins J. S. H., Portell R. W., et al (2009) Decapod crustaceans from the Neogene of the Caribbean: diversity, distribution and prospectus, Scripta Geologica 138, 55-111

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025

Feldmann R. M., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2019) Paleogene Decapoda (Caridea, Anomura, Axiidea, Brachyura) from Alabama and Mississippi, USA, Journal of Crustacean Biology 39 3, 279-302 doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruz002

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McLaughlin, P. A.; Komai, T.; Lemaitre, R.; Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I – Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 23: 5-107. - via World Register of Marine Species

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