Pagurus Fabricius 1775 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Synonym: Eupagurus Stimpson 1862

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, Sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus 1-832

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

See also Beschin et al. 1994, Beschin et al. 2012, Boyko 2002, Collins 2002, De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli et al. 2010, Fabricius 1775, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Garassino et al. 2004, Karasawa 1993, McLaughlin et al. 2010, Müller 1984, Muller and Collins 1991, Rathbun 1926, Rathbun 1935, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002, Steurbaut 1982, Steurbaut 1984, van Bakel et al. 2003, Vicens and Rodríguez-Perea 2003 and Whetstone and Collins 1982

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eupagurus granosimanus Pagurus alabamensis Pagurus alatoides Pagurus avellanedae Pagurus banderensis Pagurus bernhardus Pagurus brevidactylus Pagurus concavus Pagurus constans Pagurus convexus Pagurus dubius Pagurus faujasii Pagurus granosimanus Pagurus langei Pagurus latidactylus Pagurus mainensis Pagurus malloryi Pagurus manzonii Pagurus marceti Pagurus marini Pagurus megalops Pagurus pectinatus Pagurus pollicaris Pagurus pubescens Pagurus rakosensis Pagurus samuelis Pagurus similis Pagurus sinuatus Pagurus squamosus Pagurus travisensis Pagurus tuberculosus Pagurus turcus Pagurus valdagnensis

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Panama (1), United States (10: Califormia, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusets, North Carolina, Texas, Virgin Islands, Washington)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (3), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (1), Hungary (5), Malta (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1), Italy (2), United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Denmark (1), Egypt (1), Italy (2), Spain (2)

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

• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of United States (4: Alabama, New Jersey, Texas)

• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences

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