PAGUROPSIDAE, Fraaije & Van Bakel & Jagt & Charbonnier & Schweigert & Garcia & Valentin, 2022

Fraaije, René H. B., Van Bakel, Barry W. M., Jagt, John W. M., Charbonnier, Sylvain, Schweigert, Guenter, Garcia, Géraldine & Valentin, Xavier, 2022, The evolution of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea) on the basis of carapace morphology: a state-of-the-art-report, Geodiversitas 44 (1), pp. 1-16 : 12

Family PAGUROPSIDAE n. fam.

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TYPE GENUS. — Paguropsis Henderson, 1888 .

OTHER GENERA INCLUDED. — Eopaguropsis Fraaije, Krzemiński, Van Bakel. Krzemińska & Jagt, 2012 and Paguropsina Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018 ( Fig. 11 ).

ETYMOLOGY. — The name is derived from the type genus.

DIAGNOSIS. — Prominent subtriangular rostrum, considerably exceeding lateral projections.Cervical and branchial grooves subparallel, encompassing small branchial regions (= lateral lobes) or forming broad, sinuous groove. Shield well calcified, subtriangular or subrectangular; dorsal surface slightly vaulted with incomplete midline crest; welldelineated massetic region covered with numerous setal pits; posterior carapace less calcified, delineated cardiac region; uropods and telson symmetrical. Chelipeds subequal, similar in armature and setation.

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FIG. 11. — Paguropsids (Paguropsidae n. fam) through time,from the Oxfordian Eopaguropsis Fraaije,Krzemiński, Van Bakel. Krzemińska & Jagt,2012 (A), via the Tithonian Eopaguropsis (B) to extant Paguropsis Lemaitre, Rahayu & Komai, 2018 (C).