Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Melville Island (Tiwi Islands, Australia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Melville Island (Tiwi Islands, Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	35 54 67	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	35 54 67	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	25 42 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	25 42 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	22 36 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	3 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Melville Island
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Melville Island
2 Genera with 2 Species

Coenobita Latreille, 1837		1	Species	Taxom
Diogenes Dana, 1884		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Melville Island
2 Species

Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837	Ruggie Hermit Crab
Diogenes rectimanus Miers, 1884

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Melville Island

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