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Diogenidae with Relationships

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

Clibanarius (Striped hermit crab) (4)
Diogenes (3)
Isocheles (Left-handed hermit crab) (1)
Loxopagurus (1)
Paguristes (Left-handed hermit crab) (7)
Petrochirus (Giant hermit crab) (1)

(...) = Species count

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