Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae

Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae

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: Paguridae
Genus: Pylopaguropsis
Species: Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae

Name

Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae Lemaitre, 2017

Holotype: male 2.4 mm, “Something Special”, coll. E Muller (USNM 1291987).

Type locality: central W coast of Bo-naire, 12°09'46.0"N, 68°17'08.6"W, 11.6 m, 17 December 2015, sand/rubble under coral ledge, night dive.

Paratypes: all same locality, habitat, and collector, as holotype.

• 1 male 1.8 mm (USNM 1291989),
• 1 male 2.2 mm (USNM 1291988), 13.7 m;
• 1 male 0.9 mm, 1 female 1.5 mm, 27 January 2016 (USNM 1292072);
• 1 ovigerous female 1.9 mm, 28 January 2016 (USNM 1292073).

ZooBank: 329C796C-EC46-4A85-A9EB-3FD21298A4BC

References

Primary references

• Lemaitre, R. 2017. Discovery of a new species of hermit crab of the genus Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 1905 from the Caribbean: “den commensal” or “cleaner”? (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguridae). ZooKeys 646: 139–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.646.11132. Reference page. 
  • [original description of Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae: p. 144–152; figs 1–6; tbl. 1; suppl. materials 1–3]

Links

• Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pylopaguropsis mollymullerae.
• ION
• Species-ID

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