Pagurus banderensis Rathbun 1935 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1935. Fossil Crustacea of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain. Geological Society of America Special Paper (2)1-160

Belongs to Pagurus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2016

See also Rathbun 1935 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Pagurus alabamensis, Pagurus alatoides, Pagurus avellanedae, Pagurus bernhardus, Pagurus brevidactylus, Pagurus concavus, Pagurus constans, Pagurus convexus, Pagurus dubius, Pagurus faujasii, Pagurus granosimanus, Pagurus langei, Pagurus latidactylus, Pagurus mainensis, Pagurus malloryi, Pagurus manzonii, Pagurus marceti, Pagurus marini, Pagurus megalops, Pagurus pectinatus, Pagurus pollicaris, Pagurus pubescens, Pagurus rakosensis, Pagurus samuelis, Pagurus similis, Pagurus sinuatus, Pagurus squamosus, Pagurus travisensis, Pagurus tuberculosus, Pagurus turcus, Pagurus valdagnensis, Eupagurus granosimanus

Type specimen: Its type locality is 1 mi E of Bandera, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Glen Rose Limestone Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at 1 mi E of Bandera

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