Family Pylochelidae Bate 1888 (hermit crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pylochelidae
No fossil representatives
Parent taxon: Paguroidea according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Annuntidiogenidae, Calcinidae, Coenobitidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae, Parapaguridae, Pilgrimchelidae, Probeebeidae, Pylojacquesidae, Schobertellidae, Xylopaguridae
Subtaxa: Liocaris Mixtopagurinae Parapylochelinae Pomatochelinae Pylochelinae Scututergites Stagmacaris Stagmacaris quenstedti Trizochelinae
Type: Pylocheles
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
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