Family Xylopaguridae Gašparič et al. 2016 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xylopaguridae

Full reference: R. Gašparič, R. H. B. Fraaije, N. Robin and A. De Angeli. 2016. The first record of paguroids from the Eocene of Istria (Croatia) and further phylogenetic refinement of the Paguroidea (Crustacea, Anomura). Bulletin of Geoscience 91:467-480

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

See also Beschin et al. 2018 and Gašparič et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Annuntidiogenidae, Calcinidae, Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae, Pilgrimchelidae, Probeebeidae, Pylochelidae, Pylojacquesidae, Schobertellidae

Subtaxa: Lessinipagurus Paguritergites Prexylopagurus Xylopagurus

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Type: Xylopagurus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Croatia (1 collection), Italy (5)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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