Pagurus latidactylus Muller and Collins 1991 (hermit crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Paguridae

Full reference: P. Muller and J. S. H. Collins. 1991. Late Eocene Coral-Associated Decapods (Crustacea) From Hungary. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 28(2-3):47-92

Belongs to Pagurus according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also De Angeli and Beschin 2008, De Angeli et al. 2010 and Muller and Collins 1991

Sister taxa: Pagurus alabamensis, Pagurus alatoides, Pagurus avellanedae, Pagurus banderensis, Pagurus bernhardus, Pagurus brevidactylus, Pagurus concavus, Pagurus constans, Pagurus convexus, Pagurus dubius, Pagurus faujasii, Pagurus granosimanus, Pagurus langei, 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 Szepvolgy Limestory Facies 4, which is in a Paleogene marine limestone in Hungary

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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