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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Indo-Pacific (Ecozones)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
112
797
5607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
111
796
5606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
727
5147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
149
2137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indo-Pacific
17 Families width 2137 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs26SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892295SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs231SpeciesTaxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 190032SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters250SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs20SpeciesTaxom
Kiwaidae Macpherson, ..., 2006Yeti crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab28SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010653SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874189SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs251SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs32SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab97SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 188814SpeciesTaxom
Sternostylidae Baba Ahyong ..., 20186SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Indo-Pacific
SuperfamilyChirostyloidea
Ortmann, 1892
4
10
335
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
4
59
1189
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHippoidea
Latreille, 1825
mole crabs, sand crabs
3
12
48
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
1
3
28
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
65
537
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