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Porcellanopagurus edwardsi

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Porcellanopagurus edwardsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Porcellanopagurus
Species:
P. edwardsi
Binomial name
Porcellanopagurus edwardsi
Filhol, 1885

Porcellanopagurus edwardsi is a species of hermit crab that lives in the waters around New Zealand and its subantarctic islands.

Distribution

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Porcellanopagurus edwardsi is found around the Auckland Islands, Campbell Islands, Snares Islands, Stewart Island and along the coast of New Zealand's South Island. The closely related species P. filholi has a more northerly distribution, overlapping with that of P. edwardsi only in the region of the Banks Peninsula.[1]

Taxonomy

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Porcellanopagurus edwardsi was described by Henri Filhol in 1885 as the only species in a new genus Porcellanopagurus; 12 further species have since been described.[2]

Description

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Unlike most hermit crabs, Porcellanopagurus edwardsi is almost symmetrical, but its abdomen is bent back over the carapace, so that the pleopods are dorsally situated. The abdomen is "grossly distorted",[3] and is usually covered by the shell of a bivalve or limpet, in contrast to the gastropod shell used by most hermit crabs.[1] The cephalothorax is flattened and extends outwards in a number of lobes, the largest of which is the rostrum at the front of the animal.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b M. de Saint Laurent & P. A. McLaughlin (2000). "Superfamily Paguroidea, Family Paguridae". In Jacques Forest (ed.). The Marine fauna of New Zealand: Paguridea (Decapoda: Anomura) exclusive of the Lithodidae. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. Vol. 114. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. pp. 104–209. ISBN 978-0-478-08489-4. pp. 110–114: P. edwardsi; pp. 114–117: P. filholi.
  2. ^ Patsy McLaughlin (2010). P. McLaughlin (ed.). "Porcellanopagurus Filhol, 1985". World Paguroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  3. ^ P. E. Roberts (1972). "Larvae of Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 2 (3): 383–391.
  4. ^ Patsy A. McLaughlin & Rafael Lemaitre (1997). "Carcinization in the anomura – fact or fiction? I. Evidence from adult morphology". Contributions to Zoology. 67 (2): 79–123. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2011-10-25. PDF

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