Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for North West (Cape)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region North West (Cape)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	70 110 130	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	69 109 129	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	38 70 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	37 69 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	36 66 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	4 8 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for North West
3 Families width 6 Species

Genera for North West
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for North West
6 Species

Dardanus megistos Herbst, 1804	Spotted Hermit Crab
Pagurus laevis (Thompson, 1844)	⇒ Anapagurus laevis Bell, 1846
Pagurus prideaux Leach, 1815	Deep Hermit Crab
Spiropagurus spiriger De Haan, 1849
Strigopagurus strigimanus White, 1847	Rasping Hermit Crab
Sympagurus brevipes de Saint Lau..., 1972

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in North West

Family	Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Paguridae Latreille, 1802 Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 Deepwater 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