Family Parapaguridae Smith 1882 (hermit crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Parapaguridae
No fossil representatives
Parent taxon: Paguroidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Ammopylocheles, Annuntidiogenidae, Calcinidae, Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Eopaguropsis, Eotylaspis, Jurapylocheles, Orhomalus, Paguridae, Parapylochelidae, Probeebeidae, Pylochelidae, Schobertellidae, Xylopaguridae
Subtaxa: Oncopagurus Paragiopagurus Parapagurus Strobopagurus Sympagurus
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parapaguridae in the database