Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Eritrea (East Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Eritrea (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	53 87 129	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	53 87 129	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	37 62 85	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	37 62 85	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	33 58 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	4 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Eritrea
2 Families width 5 Species

Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Eritrea
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Eritrea
5 Species

Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861	Greater creeping spearwort
Coenobita scaevola Forskål, 1775	Red Sea Land Hermit Crab
Dardanus lagopodes Forskål, 1775	Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus tinctor Forskål, 1775	Anemone hermit crab
Diogenes pallescens Whitelegge, 1897	Bali Hermit Crab

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Eritrea

Family	Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 Land hermit crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs	3 4	Genera 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