Eopaguropsis loercheri van Bakel et al. 2008 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, R. H. B. Fraaije, J. W. M. Jagt and P. Artal. 2008. An unexpected diversity of Late Jurassic hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) in Central Europe. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 250(2):137-156

Belongs to Eopaguropsis according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also van Bakel et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MAB k.2452, a carapace. Its type locality is Quarry southeast of Gosheim, which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Wohlgeschichtete Kalke Formation of Germany.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry southeast of Gosheim

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