Parapaguridae
| Parapaguridae | |
|---|---|
| Parapagurus pilosimanus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
| Family: | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 |
The Parapaguridae are a family of marine hermit crabs from deep waters. Instead of carrying empty gastropod shells like other hermit crabs, they carry colonies of dozen or more sea anemones or zoanthids. Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus and Tylaspis, do not inhabit shells. The following genera are included:
- Bivalvopagurus Lemaitre, 1993
- †Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023
- Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
- Parapagurus Smith, 1879
- Probeebei Boone, 1926
- Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989
- Sympagurus Smith, 1883
- Tsunogaipagurus Osawa, 1995
- Tylaspis Henderson, 1885
- Typhlopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1972