''Porcellanopagurus'' is a genus of
hermit crabs.
[ The genus occurs in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.][
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Description
''Porcellanopagurus'' is unusual among hermit crabs in that the body is largely symmetrical, with the abdomen held recurved above the cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...
. L. A. Borradaile interpreted ''Porcellanopagurus'' as being an independent instance of carcinisation among the Anomura.[PDF]
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Species
''Porcellanopagurus'' contains the following species:
References
Further reading
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Hermit crabs
Taxa named by Henri Filhol
Decapod genera