Species list, Checklist of Family Coenobitidae (Land hermit crabs) for Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

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Checklist for Family Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 (Land hermit crabs)
and region Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	46 107 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	8 13 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	3 8 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 Land hermit crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Indian Ocean
2 Genera with 3 Species

Birgus Leach, 1767	coconut crab	1	Species	Taxom
Coenobita Latreille, 1862		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Western Indian Ocean
3 Species

Birgus latro Linnaeus, 1767	Coconut Crab
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