Pylochelidae

Pylocheles miersii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paguroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Paguroidea

Familia: Pylochelidae
Subfamiliae (3): Pomatochelinae – Pylochelinae – Trizochelinae

Overview of genera (10): Bathycheles – Cancellocheles – Cheiroplatea – Cretatrizocheles – Forestocheles – Mixtopagurus – Pomatocheles – Pylocheles – Trizocheles – Xylocheles

Unaccepted genera (1): Parapylocheles

Name

Pylochelidae Bate, 1888: 10

Type genus: Pylocheles A. Milne Edwards, 1880.

Synonyms

• Parapylochelidae Forest, 1987
• Pomatochelidae Stebbing, 1914

References

• Bate, C.S. 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873–76. In: Murray, J.: Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76 [...]. Zoology. Vol. 24. Edinburgh, Neill and Company. xc + 942 pp. BHL, plates Reference page. 
• McLaughlin, P.A.; Lemaitre, R. 2009: A new classification for the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) and descriptions of new taxa. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (20 ): 159–231. PDF
• Fraaije, R.H.B., Klompmaker, A.A. & Artal, P. 2012. New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie – Abhandlungen 263(1): 85–92. DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ツノガイヤドカリ科
中文: 守门寄居蟹科

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