Pylojacquesidae

Pylojacquesidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Paguroidea
Family: Pylojacquesidae
McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001
Genera
  • Pylojacquesia McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001
  • Lemaitreopsis McLaughlin, 2007

The Pylojacquesidae are a small family of hermit crabs, comprising only two[1] monotypic genera.[2][3] The family was erected in 2001, after two specimens at Museum für Naturkunde at the Humboldt University of Berlin were recognised as being quite distinct from other described hermit crabs.[4] The family members differ from other hermit crabs in that their mandibles are chitinous and toothed.[5]

  1. ^ DecaNet (2024). "Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS-Lemaitreopsis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS-Pylojacquesia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference colemani was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ P. J. F. Davie (2002). "Pylojacquesidae". Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2). Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3B. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0-643-06792-9.