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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		92
200
322		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
92
200
322		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
44
110
212		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		44
110
212		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
40
99
182		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps		7
15
35		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 		Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs		3
7
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
3 Families width 20 Species
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs15SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
7 Genera with 20 Species
Cenobita H. Milne Edw..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Clibanarius Dana, 18886SpeciesTaxom
Coenobita Latreille, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Dardanus Paulson, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Diogenes Dana, 18937SpeciesTaxom
Pagurus Fabricius, 02SpeciesTaxom
Spiropagurus Stimpson, 18491SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
20 Species
Cenobita rugosus Milne Edwards, 1837
Clibanarius arethusa De Man, 1888
Clibanarius avethusae
Clibanarius clibanarius Herbst, 1791
Clibanarius infraspinatus Hilgendorf, 1869
Clibanarius olivaceus Henderson, 1915Wetslope buttercup
Clibanarius padavensis De Man, 1888
Coenobita violascens Heller, 1862Ice cold buttercup
Dardanus hessii Miers, 1884
Dardanus setifer H. Milne Edw..., 1836Setiferous Hermit Crab
Diogenes affinis (Henderson, 1893)⇒ Diogenes custos Fabricius, 1798
Diogenes cristatus
Diogenes custos Fabricius, 1798
Diogenes planimanus Henderson, 1893Turner's buttercup
Diogenes rectimanus Miers, 1884
Diogenes spongicola Komai, Ravin..., 2018
Diogenes violaceus Henderson, 1893Turner's buttercup
Pagurus hessii (Miers, 1884)⇒ Dardanus hessii Miers, 1884
Pagurus selifer
Spiropagurus spiriger De Haan, 1849

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
FamilyCoenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs		2
2		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs		3
15		Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyPaguridae
Latreille, 1802
Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs		2
3		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