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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
149
943
3174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
146
934
3122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
137
888
2974
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
125
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
63
286
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
5 Families width 286 Species and 2 Subspecies
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs103SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs117SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs47SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 18887SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Polynesia
FamilyCoenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs
16
103
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPaguridae
Latreille, 1802
Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs
34
117
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParapaguridae
S. I. Smith, 1882
Deepwater hermit crabs
6
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPylochelidae
Bate, 1888
5
7
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