Liocaris van Straelen 1925 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pylochelidae

Parent taxon: Pylochelidae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023

See also Pazinato et al. 2016, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mixtopagurinae, Parapylochelinae, Pomatochelinae, Pylochelinae, Scututergites, Stagmacaris, Stagmacaris quenstedti, Trizochelinae

Subtaxa: Liocaris quadratus

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Type: Liocaris quadratus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Liocaris in the database

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