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{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Pylojacquesidae
| authority = McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
*''Pylojacquesia'' <small>McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001</small>
*''Lemaitreopsis'' <small>McLaughlin, 2007</small>
}}

The '''Pylojacquesidae''' are a small family of [[Biology:Hermit crab|hermit crab]]s, comprising only two<ref>{{cite WoRMS |title=Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001 |year=2024 |id=364527 |author=DecaNet |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> monotypic genera.<ref name="WoRMS-Lemaitreopsis"/><ref name="WoRMS-Pylojacquesia"/> The family was erected in 2001, after two specimens at ''[[Biography:Natural History Museum, Berlin|Museum für Naturkunde]]'' at the Humboldt University of Berlin were recognised as being quite distinct from other described hermit crabs.<ref name="colemani"/> The family members differ from other hermit crabs in that their mandibles are [[Chemistry:Chitin|chitin]]ous and toothed.<ref name="Davie">{{cite book |author=P. J. F. Davie |year=2002 |title=Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2). Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura |series=Zoological Catalogue of Australia |volume=19.3B |publisher=[[Company:CSIRO Publishing|CSIRO Publishing]] |isbn=978-0-643-06792-9 |chapter=Pylojacquesidae |pages=113–114 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jr9SR1Cr5BAC&pg=PA113}}</ref>

==''Pylojacquesia''==
'''''Pylojacquesia''''' is monotypic, the sole species being '''''Pylojacquesia colemani'''''.<ref name="WoRMS-Pylojacquesia"/> It was described in 2001,<ref name="colemani">{{cite journal |first1=Patsy A. |last1=McLaughlin |author2=Rafael Lemaitre  |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=A new family for a new genus and new species of hermit crab of the superfamily Paguroidea (Decapoda: Anomura) and its phylogenetic implications |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=1062–1076 |doi=10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[1062:ANFFAN]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=10486798 |jstor=1549726 }}</ref> based on two specimens discovered in the {{Lang|de|Museum für Naturkunde}}. The specimens had been collected in 1875 by the S.M.S. ''Gazelle'' at {{Coord|26|51.1|S|153|29.6|E}} in the [[Earth:Coral Sea|Coral Sea]], off the coast of Brisbane, {{wipe|Australia}}. It lives in the tubes secreted by [[Biology:Serpulidae|serpulid worms]] of the genus ''[[Biology:Protula|Protula]]'' ([[Biology:Annelid|Annelid]]a: [[Biology:Serpulidae|Serpulidae]]) in sandy areas of the [[Earth:Continental shelf|continental shelf]].<ref name="Davie"/> The [[Biology:Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] commemorates Charles Oliver Coleman, curator of Crustacea at the {{Lang|de|Museum für Naturkunde}}.<ref name="colemani"/>

==''Lemaitreopsis''==
'''''Lemaitreopsis''''' is monotypic, the sole species being '''''Lemaitreopsis holmi'''''.<ref name="WoRMS-Lemaitreopsis"/> It was described in 2007, based on a single female collected on September 20, 1986, at {{Coord|22|40.39|S|167|41.39|E}} near the Isle of Pines, [[Earth:New Caledonia|New Caledonia]].<ref name="holmi">{{cite journal |first1=Patsy A. |last1=McLaughlin |year=2007 |title=A new genus and species in the hermit crab family Pylojacquesidae (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguroidea) from New Caledonia |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=120 |issue=1 |pages=56–62 |doi=10.2988/0006-324X(2007)120[56:ANGASI]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=86122626 }}</ref> The genus name ''Lemaitreopsis'' commemorates Rafael Lemaitre of the Smithsonian Institution, while the specific name commemorates the [[Biology:Malacology|malacologist]] George P. Holm.<ref name="holmi"/> The [[Biology:Holotype|holotype]] is kept at the {{Lang|fr|Muséum national d'histoire naturelle}} in Paris.<ref name="holmi"/>

==References==
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<ref name="WoRMS-Lemaitreopsis">{{cite WoRMS |title=''Lemaitreopsis'' McLaughlin, 2007 |year=2024 |id=364530 |author=DecaNet |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="WoRMS-Pylojacquesia">{{cite WoRMS |title=''Pylojacquesia'' McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001 |year=2024 |id=364528 |author=DecaNet |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
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[[Category:Decapod families]]

{{Sourceattribution|Pylojacquesidae}}