Parapylocheles scorpio is a species of hermit crab in the family Pylochelidae.[2] It lives at depths from 200 to 925 meters in the Indo-West Pacific, in Indonesia and the Philippines, although it may live in water as shallow as 100 meters, in wood fragments, tusk shells, and pieces of bamboo.[3] It is the only member of the genus Parapylocheles.

Parapylocheles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Family: Pylochelidae
Genus: Parapylocheles
Alcock, 1901
Species:
P. scorpio
Binomial name
Parapylocheles scorpio
(Alcock, 1894)[1]

References

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  1. ^ Alcock, A. (1894). "XXV.— Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., Commanding .—Series II., No. 1. On the results of deep-sea dredging during the season 1890–91 ( continued )". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (75): 225–245. doi:10.1080/00222939408677694.
  2. ^ "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species – Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Parapylocheles scorpio". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 11 March 2019.