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Checklist for Family Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 (Left-handed hermit crabs)
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
87
331
716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
12
49
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
28
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs
8
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Comoro Islands
8 Genera with 32 Species
Aniculus Dana, 19522SpeciesTaxom
Areopaguristes Rahayu & P.A..., 20052SpeciesTaxom
Calcinus Dana, 19586SpeciesTaxom
Ciliopagurus Forest, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Clibanarius Dana, 184311SpeciesTaxom
Dardanus Paulson, 18488SpeciesTaxom
Diogenes Dana, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Paguristes Dana, 19541SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
32 Species
Aniculus aniculus Fabricius, 1787Scaly-legged Hermit-Crab
Aniculus maximus Edmondson, 1952Hairy Orange Hermit Crab
Areopaguristes abbreviatus Dechancé, 1963
Areopaguristes micheleae Rahayu, 2005
Calcinus laevimanus Randall, 1840Hawaiian hermit
Calcinus latens Randall, 1840Green Hermit Crab
Calcinus morgani Rahayu & Forest, 1999Morgan's Hermit Crab
Calcinus pulcher Forest, 1958Beautiful Hermit Crab
Calcinus rosaceus Heller, 1861Greater creeping spearwort
Calcinus vachoni Forest, 1958
Ciliopagurus tricolor Forest, 1995Tricolor Hermit Crab
Clibanarius antillensis Stimpson, 1859
Clibanarius clibanarius Herbst, 1791
Clibanarius englaucus Ball & Haig, 1972White-dot-eyed Clibanarius
Clibanarius eurysternus Hilgendorf, 1879Blak-striped Clibanatius
Clibanarius humilis Dana, 1851Small Hermit Crab
Clibanarius laevimanus Buitendijk, 1937
Clibanarius longitarsus De Haan, 1849Blue-striped Hermit Crab
Clibanarius rhabdodactylus Forest, 1953
Clibanarius striolatus Dana, 1852Danas Hermit Crab
Clibanarius tricolor Gibbes, 1850Blue-legged hermit crab
Clibanarius virescens Krauss, 1843Coastal Hermit Crab
Dardanus deformis H. Milne Edw..., 1836Pale anemone hermit
Dardanus gemmatus H. Milne Edw..., 1848Jeweled anemone hermit
Dardanus guttatus Olivier, 1812Blue Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus lagopodes Forskål, 1775Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus megistos Herbst, 1804Spotted Hermit Crab
Dardanus pedunculatus Herbst, 1804Anemone hermit crab
Dardanus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824Hairy Hermit Crab
Dardanus scutellatus H. Milne Edw..., 1848Scaly Hermit Crab
Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge, 1897Bali Hermit Crab
Paguristes cadenati Forest, 1954Red reef hermit


Links, sources and further information
Diogenidae at artfakta.se
Diogenidae at biodiversity.org.au
Diogenidae at dyntaxa.se
Diogenidae at gbif.org
Diogenidae at irmng.org
Diogenidae at itis.gov
Diogenidae at marinespecies.org