Aeglidae
Sign in to saveThe Aeglidae are a family of freshwater crustaceans currently restricted to South America. They are the only anomurans to be found in fresh water except for a single hermit crab species, Clibanarius fonticola, on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. They live between 20° S and 50° S, at altitudes between .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Aeglidae is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to Decapoda, Mexico and Brazil.
It is catalogued under topics including Anomura, Decapod families and Extant Albian first appearances.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyAeglidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Aeglidae
- Collections
- CAS, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, Chile
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Description
- Life cycle
- Extant taxa
- Species
- Fossil taxa
- ''Haumuriaegla''
- ''Protaegla''
- Evolution
- References
- External links
The Aeglidae are a family of freshwater crustaceans currently restricted to South America. They are the only anomurans to be found in fresh water except for a single hermit crab species, Clibanarius fonticola, on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. They live between 20° S and 50° S, at altitudes between .
==Description== Aeglids resemble squat lobsters in that the abdomen is partly tucked under the thorax. The notable sexual dimorphism in the abdomen is related to the behaviour of carrying fertilised eggs on the pleopods. The carapace length of the largest species may approach , but most are considerably smaller.
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