Parapetrochirus Ferratges et al. 2021 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Diogenidae

Full reference: F. A. Ferratges, P. Artal, and S. Zamora. 2021. New hermit crabs (Paguroidea, Anomura) from the Eocene of Huesca, Spain. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 73:1-15

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

See also Ferratges 2022 and Ferratges et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Bachmayerus, Cancellus, Ciliopagurus, Clibanarius, Cretacocalcinus, Dardaninae, Dardanus, Diogenes, Eocalcinus, Eopaguropsis, Joecalcinus, Longipaguristes, Paguristes, Paguropsis, Palaeopetrochirus, Parapaguristes, Paronapaguropsis, Petrochirus, Striadiogenes, Strigopagurus, Tetralobistes, Tithopaguristes, Ululapagurus

Subtaxa: Parapetrochirus robustus Parapetrochirus serratus

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Type: Parapetrochirus robustus

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Spain (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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