''Oncopagurus'', is a genus of marine

hermit crabs Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...

in the family

Parapaguridae The Parapaguridae are a family of marine hermit crabs from deep waters. Instead of carrying empty gastropod shells like other hermit crabs, they carry colonies of dozen or more sea anemones or zoanthids. Some genera, such as '' Bivalvopagurus' ...

, which contains 25 species. Members of this genus live from 40 to 2,308 meters below the surface.

Species

* '' Oncopagurus africanus'' (de Saint Laurent, 1972) * '' Oncopagurus bicristatus'' (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) * '' Oncopagurus bifidus'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus brevis'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus cidaris'' Lemaitre, 1996 * '' Oncopagurus conicus'' Lemaitre, 2006 * '' Oncopagurus crusoei'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus curvispina'' (de Saint Laurent, 1974) * '' Oncopagurus elevatus'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus elongatus'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus glebosus'' Lemaitre, 1997 * '' Oncopagurus gracilis'' (Henderson, 1888) * '' Oncopagurus haigae'' (de Saint Laurent, 1972) * '' Oncopagurus indicus'' (Alcock, 1905) * '' Oncopagurus minutus'' (Henderson, 1896) * '' Oncopagurus mironovi'' Zhadan, 1997 * '' Oncopagurus monstrosus'' (Alcock, 1894) * '' Oncopagurus oimos'' Lemaitre, 1998 * '' Oncopagurus orientalis'' (de Saint Laurent, 1972) * '' Oncopagurus petilus'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus pollicis'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus rossanae'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus spiniartus'' Lemaitre, 2014 * '' Oncopagurus stockmani'' Zhadan, 1997 * '' Oncopagurus tuamotu'' (Lemaitre, 1994)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4471563 Decapod genera