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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Caithness (Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
13
15
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
13
15
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
4
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caithness
2 Families width 3 Species
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caithness
2 Genera with 3 Species
Galathea Fabricius, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Pagurus Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caithness
3 Species
Galathea squamifera Leach, 1814Black squat lobster
Galathea strigosa Linnaeus, 1767Blue Striped Squat Lobster
Pagurus bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758Common hermit crab

Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Caithness
SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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