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Checklist for Infraorder Anomura MacLeay, 1838 (Hermit crabs)
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
149
943
3174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
146
934
3122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
137
888
2974
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
125
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
17 Families width 711 Species and 4 Subspecies
Aeglidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 189261SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs103SpeciesTaxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 19007SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters52SpeciesTaxom
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab28SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010164SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 187446SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs117SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs47SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab49SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 18887SpeciesTaxom
Sternostylidae Baba Ahyong ..., 20181SpeciesTaxom

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

Taxom

SuperfamilyChirostyloidea
Ortmann, 1892
3
9
69
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGalatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
porcelain crabs, squat lobsters
4
38
311
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyHippoidea
Latreille, 1825
mole crabs, sand crabs
2
6
14
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyLithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
2
8
30
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPaguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
63
286
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