Morphological feminization in hermit crabs (family Paguridae) induced by rhizocephalan barnacles [PDF]
Rhizocephalans (Thecostraca: Cirripedia) are parasitic crustaceans that infect a wide range of decapod hosts, including hermit crabs, crabs, and shrimps.
Asami Kajimoto +3 more
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Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Pagurid Hermit Crabs (Anomura: Paguridae: Pagurus) [PDF]
Species of the genus Pagurus have diversified into a wide variety of marine habitats across the world. Despite their worldwide abundance, the genus diversity and biogeographical relationship are relatively less understood at species-level.
Zakea Sultana +2 more
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Different gene rearrangements of the genus Dardanus (Anomura: Diogenidae) and insights into the phylogeny of Paguroidea [PDF]
Complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) can provide useful information for phylogenetic relationships, gene rearrangement, and molecular evolution.
Ying Zhang +8 more
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Comparative phylomitogenomic analyses provide insights into adaptation and carcinization in Anomura [PDF]
Anomura is a morphologically and ecologically diverse infraorder of decapod crustaceans, yet its evolutionary and phylogenetic patterns remain underexplored using mitochondrial genome-based approaches, particularly regarding adaptive evolution across ...
Hee-seung Hwang, Jibom Jung
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An unusual new species of paguroid (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae) from deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico [PDF]
A new hermit crab species of the family Paguridae, Tomopaguropsis ahkinpechensis sp. n., is described from deep waters (780–827 m) of the Gulf of Mexico.
Rafael Lemaitre +2 more
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MicroCT imaging applied to description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae), with selection of three-dimensional type data. [PDF]
A new species of hermit crab, Pagurus fraserorum n. sp. (family Paguridae) is described from rocky subtidal reefs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and illustrated using both conventional drawings and colour photographs, and via three-dimensional (3D) X ...
Jannes Landschoff +4 more
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Discovery of a new species of hermit crab of the genus Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 from the Caribbean: “den commensal” or “cleaner”? (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae) [PDF]
A new secretive, yet brightly colored hermit crab species of the family Paguridae, Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae sp. n., is fully described based on specimens from the reefs of Bonaire, Lesser Antilles, southern Caribbean Sea.
Rafael Lemaitre
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Two Species of the Genus Discorsopagurus (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Paguridae) New to Korea [PDF]
The genus Discorsopagurus and two species belonging to this genus, Discorsopagurus maclaughlinae and Discorsopagurus tubicola, are herein first reported in Korean waters.
Jung, Jibom, Kim, Won
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The status of the obscure Pagurus bouvieri (Faxon, 1895), a replacement name proposed for the preoccupied Eupagurus smithii A. Milne-Edwards and Bouvier, 1893, was evaluated. Based on types and numerous unreported museum materials, P.
Rafael Lemaitre
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Two new species of amphipods associated with a hermit crab Propagurus obtusifrons were collected from the bottom of a 190–380 m depth in Kumano-nada, central Japan. Metopelloides lowryi sp. nov.
Hiroyuki Ariyama, Takeya Moritaki
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