Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	44 63 70	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	44 63 70	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	23 39 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	23 39 44	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	22 36 43	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Melbourne
2 Families width 5 Species

Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Melbourne
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Melbourne
5 Species

Clibanarius vittatus Bosc, 1802	Red Brocade Hermit Crab
Paguristes pugil McCulloch, 1913
Parapagurus alaminos Lemaitre, 1986	Chinese bottle tree
Parapagurus pilosimanus Smith, 1879
Strigopagurus strigimanus White, 1847	Rasping Hermit Crab

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Melbourne

Family	Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 Deepwater hermit crabs	1 2	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