Paguritta
| Paguritta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Paguridae |
| Genus: | Paguritta Melin 1939 |
Paguritta is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Paguridae, known as coral hermit crabs.[1] Species in this genus live in polychaete tubes associated with corals or bore their own holes in living coral. They feed by antennal filtering.[2][3]
There are seven species assigned to this genus:[4]
- Paguritta corallicola Lewinsohn, 1978
- Paguritta gracilipes Melin, 1939
- Paguritta harmsi (Gordon, 1935)
- Paguritta kroppi McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993
- Paguritta morgani McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993
- Paguritta scottae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 1993
- Paguritta vittata Komai & Nishi, 1996
References
- ^ "Coral Hermit Crab | Smithsonian Ocean".
- ^ McLaughlin, Patsy A.; Lemaitre, Rafael (1993). "A review of the hermit crab genus Paguritta (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) with descriptions of three new species". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 41 (1): 1–29. hdl:10088/7371.
- ^ Melin, G. (1939). "Paguriden und Galatheiden von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Expedition nach den Bonin-Inseln". Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 18: 1–119.
- ^ "Paguritta Melin, 1939". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 September 2025.