Pagurus garrafensis Ósso et al. 2023 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Full reference: Á Ósso, B. W. M. Bakel, P. Artal, J. A. Moreno-Bedmar, F. Sanchez-Beristain, and T. Bover-Arnal. 2023. An Aptian sponge-associated decapod crustacean assemblage from Cal Cassanyes (Catalonia, north-east Iberian Peninsula): Taxonomy and palaeoecological implications. Cretaceous Research 154(105750):1-32

Belongs to Pagurus according to Á. Ósso et al. 2023

Sister taxa: 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, Eupagurus granosimanus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Cal Cassanyes (Cretaceous of Spain)

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