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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
223
783
1581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
222
781
1579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
109
505
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
109
505
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
102
479
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
15
72
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Leeward Islands
15 Families width 240 Species
Aeglidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 18929SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs52SpeciesTaxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 19001SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters4SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab2SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 201024SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 187438SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs44SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab38SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 18884SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Leeward Islands
SuperfamilyAegloidea
Dana, 1852
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyChirostyloidea
Ortmann, 1892
2
4
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
4
20
104
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHippoidea
Latreille, 1825
mole crabs, sand crabs
2
3
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
42
115
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