Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Family Parapylochelidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda | Subphylum Crustacea Superfamily Paguroidea Species M. michaeljacksoni Rank Genus | |
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Similar Decapoda, Pylochelidae, Ciliopagurus, Scaptia beyonceae, Diogenidae | ||
Mesoparapylocheles michaeljacksoni is an extinct hermit crab which existed during the Albian or Cenomanian of what is now Spain. It was described by René H.B. Fraaije, Adiël A. Klompmaker and Pedro Artal in 2012, and is the only species in the genus Mesoparapylocheles. It was named after the singer Michael Jackson.
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