Parapylocheles scorpio is a species of hermit crab in the family Parapylochelidae.[1] 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.[2] It is the only member of the genus Parapylocheles.
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| Genus: | Parapylocheles Alcock, 1901
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| Species: | P. scorpio
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References edit
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Parapylocheles scorpio". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
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