Species list, Checklist of Family Coenobitidae (Land hermit crabs) for Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

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Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Family Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 (Land hermit crabs)
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	184 760 1738	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	184 760 1738	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	115 600 1489	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	114 594 1465	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	106 577 1437	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	14 58 231	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	4 28 136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 Land hermit crabs	2 7	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
2 Genera with 7 Species

Birgus Leach, 1767	coconut crab	1	Species	Taxom
Coenobita Latreille, 1862		6	Species	Taxom

Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
7 Species

Birgus latro Linnaeus, 1767	Coconut Crab
Coenobita brevimanus Dana, 1852	Indo Hermit Crab
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858	Kauila
Coenobita pseudorugosus Nakasone, 1988	Marble Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita purpureus Stimpson, 1858	Kauila
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837	Ruggie Hermit Crab
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