Prexylopagurus Gašparič et al. 2016 (hermit crab)
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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: Xylopaguridae according to C.E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Gašparič et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Lessinipagurus, Paguritergites, Xylopagurus
Subtaxa: Prexylopagurus anthonii Prexylopagurus caledonicus Prexylopagurus philippinensis
Type: Xylopagurus anthonii
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prexylopagurus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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