Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Australia (Australasia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 448
2925
10558 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 445
2918
10546 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 166
1267
5249 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 163
1257
5186 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 153
1195
4883 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps | 19
127
730 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Australia
19 Families width 730 Species and 6 Subspecies | Aeglidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 | Mole crabs | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 60 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 146 | Species | Taxom | | Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Lomisidae Bouvier, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 101 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 45 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 97 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 96 | Species | Taxom | | Pylochelidae Bate, 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin &..., 2001 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sternostylidae Baba Ahyong ..., 2018 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Australia | Superfamily | Aegloidea
Dana, 1852
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Chirostyloidea
Ortmann, 1892
| 3
7
70 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Galatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters | 4
40
300 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
mole crabs, sand crabs | 2
10
33 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs | 2
6
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Lomisoidea
Bouvier, 1895
hairy stone crabs | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs | 6
62
297 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Anomura at artfakta.se
Anomura at biodiversity.org.au
Anomura at dyntaxa.se
Anomura at itis.gov
Anomura at marinespecies.org
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