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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
75
154
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
75
154
272
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
48
104
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
48
104
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
45
98
186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
4
9
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cameroon
4 Families width 15 Species
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab1SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae (Whiteaves, 1874)3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cameroon
9 Genera with 15 Species
Birgus Leach, 1767coconut crab1SpeciesTaxom
Calcinus Dana, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Clibanarius Dana, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Coenobita Latreille, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Diogenes Dana, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Lithodes Latreille, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsis Whiteaves, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Petrochirus Stimpson, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopagurus Forest, 18811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
15 Species
Birgus latro Linnaeus, 1767Coconut Crab
Clibanarius africanus Aurivillus, 1898
Clibanarius clibanarius Herbst, 1791
Clibanarius senegalensis Chevreux & B..., 1892Senegal Hermit Crab
Coenobita rubescens Greeff, 1884
Coenobita spinosus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Diogenes brevirostris Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Diogenes denticulatus Chevreux & B..., 1891
Diogenes ovatus Miers, 1881Newberry's twinpod
Lithodes megacantha Macpherson, 1991
Munidopsis chunii Balss, 1913
Munidopsis nitida A. Milne Edw..., 1880
Munidopsis rostrata (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880)⇒ Galacantha rostrata Milne-Edwards, 1880
Petrochirus pustulatus H. Milne Edw..., 1848
Pseudopagurus granulimanus Miers, 1881

Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Cameroon
SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
2
7
11
Families
Genera
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