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Parapaguridae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

of terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

hermit crab

Hermit crab

Hermit crabs are decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea. Most of the 1100 species possess an asymmetrical abdomen which is concealed in an empty gastropod shell that is carried around by the hermit crab.-Description:...

s. They have gill

Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water, afterward excreting carbon dioxide. The gills of some species such as hermit crabs have adapted to allow respiration on land provided they are kept moist...

chambers that function as lung

Lung

The lung is the essential respiration organ in many air-breathing animals, including most tetrapods, a few fish and a few snails. In mammals and the more complex life forms, the two lungs are located near the backbone on either side of the heart...

s. Some genera, such as Bivalvopagurus and Tylaspis, do not inhabit shells. The following genera are included:

Bivalvopagurus Lemaitre, 1993
Oncopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996
Parapagurus Smith, 1879
Probeebei Boone, 1926
Strobopagurus
Sympagurus Smith, 1883
Tsunogaipagurus Osawa, 1995
Tylaspis Henderson, 1885
Typhlopagurus de Saint Laurent, 1972

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