Paguristes florae Collins et al. 1995 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: J. S. H. Collins, R. H. B. Fraaye, and W.M. Jagt. 1995. Late Cretaceous anomurans and brachyurans from the Maastrichtian type area. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 40(2):165-210

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

See also Collins et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Paguristes aciculus, Paguristes baldoensis, Paguristes brevirostris, Paguristes chipolensis, Paguristes clampensis, Paguristes cserhatensis, Paguristes extentus, Paguristes frigoscopulus, Paguristes frontalis, Paguristes hirtus, Paguristes hokoensis, Paguristes johnsoni, Paguristes laurentae, Paguristes lineatuberculatus, Paguristes longisetosus, Paguristes lymanni, Paguristes mexicanus, Paguristes oligotuberculatus, Paguristes ouachitensis, Paguristes paucituberculatus, Paguristes perlatus, Paguristes prealpinus, Paguristes pugil, Paguristes purpureantennatus, Paguristes santamartaensis, Paguristes squamosus, Paguristes subaequalis, Paguristes sulcatus, Paguristes tuberculatus, Paguristes vallionensis, Paguristes wheeleri, Paguristes whitteni

Type specimen: MAB k.1031. Its type locality is Vroenhoven-Riemst, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Maastricht Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Vroenhoven-Riemst

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