Parapaguridae

The Parapaguridae are a family of marine hermit crabs from deep waters. Instead of carrying empty gastropod shells like other hermit crabs, they carry colonies of dozen or more sea anemones or zoanthids.^[2] Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus and Tylaspis, do not inhabit shells.^[3] The following genera are included:^[4]

• Bivalvopagurus Lemaitre, 1993
• †Mutotylaspis Fraaije, Mychko, Barsukov & Jagt, 2023
• Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
• Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
• Parapagurus Smith, 1879
• Probeebei Boone, 1926
• Strobopagurus Lemaitre, 1989
• Sympagurus Smith, 1883
• Tsunogaipagurus Osawa, 1995
• Tylaspis Henderson, 1885
• Typhlopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1972

Parapaguridae
Parapagurus pilosimanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Paguroidea
Family:	Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 [1]