Probeebeidae
| Probeebeidae | |
|---|---|
| Probeebei mirabilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Superfamily: | Paguroidea |
| Family: | Probeebeidae Boone, 1926 |
| Type genus | |
| Probeebei[2] Boone, 1926
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| Other genera | |
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The Probeebeidae are a family of marine hermit crabs with fossils dating back to the Albian stage of the Lower Cretaceous Epoch.[1] The family is thought to have originated somewhere in the Late Jurassic.[1]
Genera
Probeebeidae contains three genera (two extant, one extinct).[2]
- †Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023
- Probeebei Boone, 1926 (type)
- Tylaspis Henderson, 1885
References
- ^ a b c d Fraaije, René H.B.; Mychko, Eduard V.; Barsukov, Leonid S.; Jagt, John W.M. (February 2024). "A new mid-Cretaceous hermit crab (Crustacea, Anomura) from Central Russia sheds new light on paguroid evolution". Cretaceous Research. 154 105749. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105749. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ a b De Grave, Sammy (2020). Lemaitre R, McLaughlin P (eds.). "Probeebeidae Boone, 1926". World Paguroidea & Lomisoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2025.