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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region USA (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
471
2820
10434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
459
2798
10382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
186
1289
5282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
183
1277
5217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
169
1210
4981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
20
142
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Paguroidea
Latreille, 1802
Hermit crabs
5
68
410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for USA
5 Families width 410 Species and 3 Subspecies
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs14SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs162SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs193SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs37SpeciesTaxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 18884SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in USA
FamilyCoenobitidae
Dana, 1851
Land hermit crabs
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiogenidae
Ortmann, 1892
Left-handed hermit crabs, Lefthanded hermit crabs
16
162
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPaguridae
Latreille, 1802
Hermit Crabs, Right-handed hermit crabs
43
193
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParapaguridae
S. I. Smith, 1882
Deepwater hermit crabs
5
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPylochelidae
Bate, 1888
2
4
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