Parapaguristes tuberculatus Bishop 1986 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: G. A. Bishop. 1986. Two new crabs, Parapaguristes tuberculatus and Palaeoxantho libertiensis, from the Prairie Bluff Formation (Middle Maastrichtian), Union County Mississippi, U.S.A. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(4):604-611

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

See also Bishop 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSCM 1690. Its type locality is GAB52, Liberty School locality, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at GAB52, Liberty School locality

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