Paguristes Dana 1851 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Annuntidiogenidae

Parent taxon: Annuntidiogenidae according to F. A. Ferratges 2022

See also Beschin et al. 2015, Beschin et al. 2016, Beschin et al. 2018, Beschin et al. 2012, Feldmann et al. 1993, Luque et al. 2017, Muller and Collins 1991, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schweitzer et al. 2005 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Squamipelta

Subtaxa: Paguristes aciculus Paguristes baldoensis Paguristes brevirostris Paguristes chipolensis Paguristes clampensis Paguristes cserhatensis Paguristes extentus Paguristes florae 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

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Jamaica (1 collection), United States (3: Califormia, Virgin Islands, Washington)

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Hungary (1), Malta (1), United States (2: California, Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Eocene of Italy (8), Mexico (4), Spain (1), United States (3: California, North Carolina, South Carolina)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1), United States (1: Washington)

• Paleocene of Denmark (1), United States (2: Alabama, Illinois)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Belgium (1), United States (3: Arkansas, Mississippi, New Mexico)

Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences

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