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Porcellanopagurus
Sign in to savePorcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs. The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Species
porcelain hermit crabs
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPaguridae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Paguridae
- Collections
- USNM, MNHN, AM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- French Polynesia, United States, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia
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Porcellanopagurus is a genus of hermit crabs. The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
==Description== Porcellanopagurus is unusual among hermit crabs in that the body is largely symmetrical, with the abdomen held recurved above the cephalothorax. L. A. Borradaile interpreted Porcellanopagurus as being an independent instance of carcinisation among the Anomura.
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