Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Papua Region (Papua New Guinea)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	54 128 163	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	54 128 163	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	40 103 133	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	40 103 133	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	39 95 118	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	5 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Papua Region
2 Families width 5 Species

Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Papua Region
3 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Papua Region
5 Species

Catapagurus insolitus Komai & Osawa, 2009
Dardanus lagopodes Forskål, 1775	Dark Knee Hermit Crab
Dardanus megistos Herbst, 1804	Spotted Hermit Crab
Dardanus scutellatus H. Milne Edw..., 1848	Scaly Hermit Crab
Pylopaguropsis zebra Henderson, 1893	Zebra Hermit Crab

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Papua Region

Family	Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Paguridae Latreille, 1802 Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs	2 2	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