Parapylochelidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Anomura
Superfamilia: Paguroidea

Familia: Parapylochelidae
Genera (2): Parapylocheles – †Mesoparapylocheles
Name

Parapylochelidae Forest, 1987
Authority for current placement: Fraaije, Klompmaker & Artal, 2012 (as 'n. fam.')
undisputed by all subsequent authorities, but see McLaughlin & Lemaitre (2009), for an alternative view
Original status: valid subfamilia of Pylochelidae
Type genus: Parapylocheles Alcock, 1901

References
Primary references

Forest, J. 1987: Resultats de campagnes MUSORSTOM. Vol. 3 . Les Pylochelidae ou 'pagures symétriques' (Crustacea Coenobitoidea). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A), (137 ) ISBN 2-85653-141-5 PDF [first availability, see p. 135]

selected references

Fraaije, R.H.B.; Klompmaker, A.A.; Artal, P. 2012: New species, genera and a family of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura, Paguroidea) from a mid-Cretaceous reef of Navarra, northern Spain. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 263 (1): 85–92. DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0213 [abstract only seen]
McLaughlin, P.A.; Lemaitre, R. 2009: A new classification for the Pylochelidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) and descriptions of new taxa. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement (20 ): 159–231. PDF [see p. 167, as Parapylochelini]

Links

Parapylochelidae in ION
Parapylochelinae in ION
Parapylochelidae at The Paleobiology Database