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Diogenidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Diogenidae are a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in contrast to most other hermit crabs, its left chela (claw) is enlarged instead of the right. It comprises 429 extant species, and a further 46 extinct species, making it the second-largest family of marine hermit crabs, after the Paguridae.
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Genus

Areopaguristes (30)
Bachmayerus (2)
Cancellus (Left-handed hermit crab) (17)
Clibanarius (Striped hermit crab) (58)
Cretacocalcinus (1)
Diogenes (85)
Isocheles (Left-handed hermit crab) (5)
Longipaguristes (3)
Loxopagurus (1)
Paguristes (Left-handed hermit crab) (155)
Paguropsina (2)
Paguropsis (5)
Parapaguristes (1)
Parapetrochirus (1)
Petrochirus (Giant hermit crab) (12)
Pseudopaguristes (16)
Pseudopagurus (2)
Roemerus (6)
Striadiogenes (1)
Strigopagurus (6)
Tetralobistes (2)
Tisea (1)
Ululapagurus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0