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
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]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.