Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura > Superfamily Paguroidea > Family Paguridae

Pagurus Fabricius, 1775

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eupagurus*	Brandt, 1851	synonym

Children

Pagurus alatus Fabricius, 1775
Pagurus anachoretus Risso, 1827
Pagurus bernhardus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pagurus carneus (Pocock, 1889)
Pagurus chevreuxi (Bouvier, 1896)
Pagurus cuanensis Bell, 1845
Pagurus excavatus (Herbst, 1791)
Pagurus forbesii Bell, 1845
Pagurus irregularis (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815
Pagurus pubescens Krøyer, 1838
Pagurus pubescentulus (A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1892)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホンヤドカリ属

Literature

original description	Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis Sysnonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. [A System of Entomology, containing the Classes, Orders, Genera, and Species of Insects, with added Sysnonyms, Localities, Descriptions, and Observations.]. Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. 832 pp.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Bouvier, E.L. (1915). Decapodes marcheurs (Reptantia) et Stomatopodes recueillis a l'ile Maurice par M. Paul Carie. Bull. Scient. Fr. Belg. 3 (48): 178-318.
additional source	McLaughlin, P. A., Komai, T., Lemaitre, R. & Rahayu, D.L. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea. Part I — Lithodoidea, Lomisoidea and Paguroidea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 23: 5–107.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Pagurus Fabricius, 1775. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106854