Checklist for Family Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 (Land hermit crabs)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 336
1958
6058 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 334
1955
6050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 158
1273
4744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 157
1265
4714 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 147
1207
4462 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps | 17
155
1121 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs | 5
81
375 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Coenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs | 3
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
3 Genera with 15 Species
Species list for Melanesia
15 Species | Birgus latro Linnaeus, 1767 | Coconut Crab | | Cenobita brunnea (Dana, 1851) | ⇒ Coenobita spinosus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 | Indo Hermit Crab | | Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858 | Kauila | | Coenobita clypeata Dana, 1852 | | | Coenobita clypeatus Fabricius, 1787 | Caribbean hermit crab | | Coenobita compressus Milne-Edwards, 1836 | Ecuadorian hermit crab | | Coenobita hilgendorfi (Terao, 1913) | ⇒ Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852 | | Coenobita perlata (H. Milne Edw..., 1837) | ⇒ Coenobita perlatus Milne-Edwards, 1829 | | Coenobita perlatus Milne-Edwards, 1829 | Strawberry hermit crab | | Coenobita rugosa (H. Milne Edw..., 1837) | ⇒ Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837 | | Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837 | Ruggie Hermit Crab | | Coenobita spinosa | | | Coenobita spinosus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | | Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862 | Ice cold buttercup |
Links, sources and further information Coenobitidae at biodiversity.org.au
Coenobitidae at gbif.org
Coenobitidae at irmng.org
Coenobitidae at itis.gov
Coenobitidae at marinespecies.org
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