The Pylojacquesidae are a small family of hermit crabs, comprising only two[1] monotypic genera.[2][3] 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.[4] The family members differ from other hermit crabs in that their mandibles are chitinous and toothed.[5]
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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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Pylojacquesia edit
Pylojacquesia is monotypic, the sole species being Pylojacquesia colemani.[3] It was described in 2001,[4] 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 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.[5] The specific name commemorates Charles Oliver Coleman, curator of Crustacea at the Museum für Naturkunde.[4]
Lemaitreopsis edit
Lemaitreopsis is monotypic, the sole species being Lemaitreopsis holmi.[2] 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 near the Isle of Pines, New Caledonia.[6] The genus name Lemaitreopsis commemorates Rafael Lemaitre of the Smithsonian Institution, while the specific name commemorates the malacologist George P. Holm.[6] The holotype is kept at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.[6]
References edit
- ^ DecaNet (2024). "Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ a b DecaNet (2024). "Lemaitreopsis McLaughlin, 2007". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ a b DecaNet (2024). "Pylojacquesia McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
