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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
39
95
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
5
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
5 Families width 8 Species
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab1SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 18920SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
6 Genera with 8 Species
Catapagurus A. Milne-Edw..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Dardanus Paulson, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Galathea Fabricius, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Lissoporcellana Haig, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pylopaguropsis Alcock, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Uroptychus Henderson, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
8 Species
Catapagurus insolitus Komai & Osawa, 2009
Dardanus lagopodes Forskål, 1775Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus megistos Herbst, 1804Spotted Hermit Crab
Dardanus scutellatus H. Milne Edw..., 1848Scaly Hermit Crab
Galathea albatrossae Baba, 1988
Galathea subsquamata Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Lissoporcellana quadrilobata Miers, 1884Fourlobed Porcelain Crab
Pylopaguropsis zebra Henderson, 1893Zebra Hermit Crab

Subnodes of Anomura with occurrences in Papua Region
SuperfamilyChirostyloidea
Ortmann, 1892
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
2
3
5
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