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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Indo-Pacific (Ecozones)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
112
797
5607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
111
796
5606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
727
5147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
149
2137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
65
537
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indo-Pacific
5 Families width 537 Species
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs231SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs251SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs32SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 188814SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Indo-Pacific
FamilyCoenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs
13
231
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPaguridae
Latreille, 1802
Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs
37
251
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParapaguridae
S. I. Smith, 1882
Deepwater hermit crabs
6
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPylochelidae
Bate, 1888
7
14
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