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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
166
1267
5249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
163
1257
5186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
153
1195
4883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
19
127
730
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
6
62
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
6 Families width 297 Species and 2 Subspecies
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs146SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs97SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs38SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Pylojacquesidae McLaughlin &..., 20011SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyCoenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs
16
146
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPaguridae
Latreille, 1802
Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs
35
97
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParapaguridae
S. I. Smith, 1882
Deepwater hermit crabs
5
38
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPylochelidae
Bate, 1888
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPylojacquesidae
McLaughlin & Lemaitre, 2001
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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