Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Tanganyika (Tanzania)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Tanganyika (Tanzania)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	43 90 123	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	43 90 123	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	32 75 107	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	32 75 107	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	31 74 106	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	5 8 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tanganyika
2 Families width 6 Species

Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Tanganyika
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Tanganyika
6 Species

Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924
Clibanarius longitarsus De Haan, 1849	Blue-striped Hermit Crab
Coenobita caripes
Coenobita cavipes Stimpson, 1858	Kauila
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837	Ruggie Hermit Crab
Dardanus deformis H. Milne Edw..., 1836	Pale anemone hermit

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Tanganyika

Family	Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 Land hermit crabs	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs	3 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