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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
| Family: | Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001 |
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The Pylojacquesidae are a small family of hermit crabs, comprising only two monotypic genera. 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. The family members differ from other hermit crabs in that their mandibles are chitinous and toothed.
Pylojacquesia
Pylojacquesia is monotypic, the sole species being Pylojacquesia colemani. It was described in 2001, based on two specimens discovered in the Museum für Naturkunde. The specimens had been collected in 1875 by the S.M.S. Gazelle at 26°51.1′S 153°29.6′E / 26.8517°S 153.4933°E / -26.8517; 153.4933 in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Brisbane, Australia. It lives in the tubes secreted by serpulid worms of the genus Protula (Annelida: Serpulidae) in sandy areas of the continental shelf. The specific name commemorates Charles Oliver Coleman, curator of Crustacea at the Museum für Naturkunde.
Lemaitreopsis
Lemaitreopsis is monotypic, the sole species being Lemaitreopsis holmi. It was described in 2007, based on a single female collected on September 20, 1986, at 22°40.39′S 167°41.39′E / 22.67317°S 167.68983°E / -22.67317; 167.68983 near the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. The genus name Lemaitreopsis commemorates Rafael Lemaitre of the Smithsonian Institution, while the specific name commemorates the malacologist George P. Holm. The holotype is kept at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
References
- DecaNet (2024). "Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ DecaNet (2024). "Lemaitreopsis McLaughlin, 2007". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ DecaNet (2024). "Pylojacquesia McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy A. & Rafael Lemaitre (2001). "A new family for a new genus and new species of hermit crab of the superfamily Paguroidea (Decapoda: Anomura) and its phylogenetic implications". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21 (4): 1062–1076. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[1062:ANFFAN]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549726. S2CID 10486798.
- ^ 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.
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy A. (2007). "A new genus and species in the hermit crab family Pylojacquesidae (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from New Caledonia". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 120 (1): 56–62. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[56:ANGASI]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86122626.
External links
Data related to Pylojacquesidae at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Pylojacquesidae | |
| Pylojacquesia | |
| Pylojacquesia colemani | |
| Lemaitreopsis | |
| Lemaitreopsis holmi | |
