The evolution of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea) on the basis of carapace morphology: a state-of-the-art-report
Author
Fraaije, René H. B.
Author
Van Bakel, Barry W. M.
Author
Jagt, John W. M.
Author
Charbonnier, Sylvain
Author
Schweigert, Guenter
Author
Garcia, Géraldine
Author
Valentin, Xavier
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Geodiversitas
2022
2022-01-06
44
1
1
16
journal article
2657
10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a1
2d127866-508b-4d25-9d03-0db12cfe11be
1638-9395
5834191
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6A4424D0-DEFD-4783-9B75-24AC2C7829F7
Family
PROBEEBEIDAE Boone, 1926
,
emended herein
Probeebeidae
Boone, 1926b: 73
.
TYPE
GENUS. —
Probeebei
(Boone, 1926)
by monotypy.
OTHER GENERA INCLUDED. —
Labidochirus
Benedict, 1892
,
Tisea
Morgan & Forest, 1991
and
Tylaspis
Henderson, 1885
.
DIAGNOSIS. — Shield (excluding rostrum) strongly convex, well calcified, width equal to length or width exceeding length, with distinct bulges (i.e., keraial and massetic regions) laterally, strong to weaker spinose ornament. Rostrum well developed, exceeding lateral projections. Cervical and branchial grooves subparallel, encompassing small branchial regions. Posterolateral margins spinose. Posterior carapace well calcified, broadly inflated, with dense spinose ornamentation. Well-developed cardiac grooves encompassing cardiac region.
REMARKS. — The bulges on the shield of extant probeebeids (
Fig. 10
) are quite similar to those of the most basal paguropsid,
Eopaguropsis nidiaquilae
(see
Fraaije
et al.
2012c
: figs 2c; 3), which also has a spinose ornamentation on the gastric and lateral parts of the shield.