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Xylopagurus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xylopaguridae

Taxonomy
Xylopagurus was named by Milne Edwards (1880). It is extant. It is the type genus of Xylopaguridae.

It was assigned to Paguridae by Beschin et al. (2009); and to Xylopaguridae by Gašparič et al. (2016), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Xylopagurus Milne Edwards
2009Xylopagurus Beschin et al. p. 7
2016Xylopagurus Gašparič et al. p. 468
2023Xylopagurus Schweitzer et al. p. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderAnomuraMilne-Edwards 1832
superfamilyPaguroideaLatreille 1802
familyXylopaguridae
genusXylopagurusMilne Edwards 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Xylopagurus Milne Edwards 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Modified: 2022-08-23 13:25:37
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Valdez and Clapham 2023
Collections
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