Paguristes hokoensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann. 2001. New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28:173-210

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

See also Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

Sister taxa: Paguristes aciculus, Paguristes baldoensis, Paguristes brevirostris, Paguristes chipolensis, Paguristes clampensis, Paguristes cserhatensis, Paguristes extentus, Paguristes florae, Paguristes frigoscopulus, Paguristes frontalis, Paguristes hirtus, 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: USNM 512173,. Its type locality is RB-32, Kydikabbit Point, which is in a Priabonian submarine fan siltstone in the Hoko River Formation of Washington.

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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