Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Paguroidea (Hermit crabs) for Zimbabwe (East Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 (Hermit crabs)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	35 50 62	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	35 50 62	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	17 19 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	17 19 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	17 19 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Hermit crabs	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Zimbabwe
2 Families width 2 Species

Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Zimbabwe
2 Genera with 2 Species

Cancellus H. Milne Edw..., 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Micropagurus McLaughlin, 1858		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Zimbabwe
2 Species

Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924
Micropagurus acantholepis Stimpson, 1858

Subnodes of Paguroidea with occurrences in Zimbabwe

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