Diogenicheles Fraaije et al. 2014 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilgrimchelidae

Full reference: R. H. B. Fraaije, W. Krzemiński, B. W. M. Van Bakel, E. Krzemińska, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2014. New Late Jurassic symmetrical hermit crabs from the southern Polish Uplands and early paguroid diversification. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59:681-688

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

See also Fraaije et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Eotylaspis, Masticacheles, Pilgrimcheles

Subtaxa: Diogenicheles theodorae

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Type: Diogenicheles theodorae

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Polish Uplands (Jurassic of Poland)

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