Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin, 2002

Nucci, Paulo Ricardo & Melo, Gustavo Augusto Schmidt De, 2015, Hermit crabs from Brazil: Family Diogenidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea), except Paguristes, Zootaxa 3947 (3), pp. 327-346 : 342

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6096714
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scientific name	Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin, 2002
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Genus Pseudopaguristes McLaughlin, 2002 View in CoL

Type species. Pseudopaguristes janetkae McLaughlin, 2002 (by original designation; gender masculine).

Diagnosis. Eight pairs of functional phyllobranchiate gills (bi- or quadriserial); pleurobranch absent on fifth and eighth thoracic somites; arthrobranchs of third maxillipeds and chelipeds markedly reduced or absent. Ocular scales well developed, widely separated.

References

McLaughlin, P. A. (2002) Pseudopaguristes, a new and aberrant genus of hermit crabs (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae). Micronesica, 34 (2), 185 - 199.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Diogenidae

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